dlq04

Yep, they are fighting back. I get a few pop up windows that now say if I want to read what's on some site I need to shutoff my adblock. Generally, I say screw you and don't do it unless its something I really want to see, read, etc.

Zippy

Jerry, I have a couple of friends that work in the engineering and it fields and there has been the same concern about Lenovo. We need to be very careful of backdoors these days. There is no way in h3ll that would put a Russian/Eastern European or Chinese product on my computer, if there is any other way. The US government has been begging for years to have backdoors into our products, but industry has pushed back in the public. Does anyone actually believe that the FSB which gave us Putin doesn't have a backdoor to every computer with Kaspersky, I certainly do not.

That said I have Windows 10 and use Defender.

boltonblue

As a systems/ electrical engineer who works with classified systems ... oh my.
It just doesn't make sense to give them passkeys to my system.
I wouldn't buy a nexus 6 becuase it is built by huawei for the same reasoning.

when you dip into the dark world of hackers, and by dip I mean skimming the surface, it is a truly scary place.
I am by no means a xenophobe but our national security is facing a clear and present danger.

Zippy

Well since we have seen first hand (the hacking, not necessarily using Kaspersky or Lenovo in particular), we should be very concerned. Let me think about this, do I do banking on line, well that would be yes. I will be avoiding a possible backdoor issue. Warning: I am not a xenophobe either, maybe just a little nervous.

Legal Bill

Hmmm. So don't let anyone in that has ties to someone who is our enemy. Hmmm.

Fokker

Because it's one of the most effective personal anti-virus programs out there. At the surface, I am not sure how Windows Defender is causing an issue; it is easy enough to disable in Windows 10 with a registry fix. From what is described in the article, they have legitimate grievances about how MS is implementing Defender in the OS. This will do the same to a multitude of third party AV suites and though there may be workarounds, they likely involve separate user action instead of it being something automated in the installation process. At this point, I would assume any of them have the potential to generate a back-door into your system. Personally, I do not use AV software anymore as they have all become far too intrusive. I just regularly monitor system performance, running processes, and network usage.

Adblock Plus is now selling "acceptable advertising" as a pass through their service: http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/13/12...-now-sells-ads If the ads you are running into are literally taking up 20% of your screen, that falls outside their definition of acceptable and likely means you need to expand your filter subscriptions on Adblock Plus.

Zippy

For those non-believers here. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/16/us...rity.html?_r=0
It appears to be well underway
Please remember backdoors can beat even the best Anti-Virus, a backdoor to my PC would make me very vulnerable.

boltonblue

just a little update
Russian security software is raising eyebrows among US officials - Business Insider

tof

Why run Kaspersky? Because a full subscription is included with a BestBuy service agreement. So it is on my laptop. Will never reside on my desktop, though. May not be on my laptop much longer either if I can trace certain performance issues to it.

Lainey

My Norton subscription was expiring, I told the boss I preferred to stick with it vs switching to Kaspersky. Back in the day I would just have handed over the credit card info to Norton, now I have to "run it by" someone. He agreed, but I don't think he was thrilled....I informed him that the company I use for bookkeeping support, and sometimes computer tech support does not support Kaspersky, but supports Norton. He's of the opinion, that Kaspersky is better. Maybe in some ways, but I also wasn't in the mood to switch things around in the office PC. Let the next bookkeeper switch to Kaspersky. Wish I knew when she was starting.......