I used to work for a major research university and they switched to Kaspersky. It baffled me that any foreign AV was permitted, let alone one made in a hostile country.
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BombOmOm@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I’m surprised at how many companies still use a Russian AV. You are relying on this singular piece of software to keep your computer safe, and you pick a Russian one?
skooma_king@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 3 months ago
What companies use Kaspersky?
Isn’t this mostly a consumer level issue?
pandapoo@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Retail generates the most margin, while enterprise generally the most revenue.
At least, that’s how it works at most vendors that operate both B2C and B2B channels.
But no, Kaspersky is a major legacy player in the B2B security market with both mature and cutting edge business solutions.
A better question might be, which companies in America were still using Kaspersky up until this month, and why. I guess that is a mix between budgetary constraints, incompetence, and weighted risk analysis.
Imagine you’re a Midwestern ice cream wholesaler, it’s been a bad few years, and your 200 Kaspersky licenses were renewed with deep discounts.
You’re not likely to lose any contracts, nor be a target of state sanctioned espionage, but spending $10,000 between new licensing and man hours, to rip, replace, and configure a new solution, now that could cause real issues for you.
MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 3 months ago
There are businesses that use it. I work at a small company, under 100 people and we used to use it for about six years… then we switched to Crowdstrike a few years back. And look how that ended up.
30p87@feddit.org 3 months ago
No one that knows what an AV is even uses an AV.
SpaceMan9000@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Hot take, genuinely hoping that you’re not one of those “common sense” people.
Damage@feddit.it 3 months ago
I mean, we speak use American ones…
jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Probably because old habits die hard. Kaspersky used to have a pretty good reputation as far as AV software. In the past, I used TDSSKiller to resurrect many PC’s where other antivirus software failed.
Unfortunately, the whole Russia being a malicious actor negates any reasons to continue using Kaspersky.