UltraAV: Kaspersky's replacement after US Ban

[@Sid-Cannon]

Looks like a middle finger from Kaspersky to the US ...

[@firebird687]

Yep, to the United States, not to the users at all. omg, how naive you guys are

[@mik3lang3lo]

Exactly, they could easily just had deleted everything and left all users without protection

[@Krullfath]

@@firebird687 Pretty sure it was supposed to be a middle finger directed at the US, not the actual users.. They do make a valid point.. If they decide to ban their legit and good AV, why don't we replace it with some shitty allowed one if that's what they want...

[@jackjack3358]

More like quick sell without giving a damn about actual user experience since they won't "get" that user experince themselves

[@mail-qh2qc]

@@firebird687 It certainly is to the users. When people paid for subscriptions and you dump them off to some garbage AV company to expose their computer that is personal.

[@david20418]

I'm guessing they just sold their US customer subscriptions to another company, that being UltraAV. If they offered the biggest price or were the first with the offer to buy the customer subscriptions, I don't know, but I wouldn't use the product anyways.

[@yesitschelle]

Existing subscriptions are a liability. Kaspersky still owed customers service that it couldn't complete. They probably had to pay another company - in internationally accepted currency - to take over the licenses.

[@sal_strazzullo]

I'll just find a way to keep using Kaspersky somehow

[@yesitschelle]

@@sal_strazzullo I set the vpn to Switzerland to download the free version. Someone else suggested it. I don't plan to figure out how to pay while obscuring my location.

[@okaylord]

Ya, I woke up with Ultra but I still had Kaspersky. I uninstall both of them and got bit defender... I miss Kaspersky already, it was soo good and I liked the advance features in Kasperksy vs UltraAV.

[@user-ve2yz9ne9g]

Bitwarden defender es un buen antivirus que he visto a comparación de otros, Windows defender es decente, pero hay ciertos virus que en específico, pueden burlar el Windows defender

[@dexadine]

Same for me. I uninstalled Ultra and Kaspersky and installed Bitdefender. However, so far, I like Bitdefender more than Kaspersky. I lost two years of my three year subscription thanks to Biden/Harris, however.

[@user-ve2yz9ne9g]

@@dexadine 😞

[@Mike80528]

@@user-ve2yz9ne9g I removed Ultra and left Kaspersky. It works just fine, updates and all.

[@francoisleveille409]

You miss giving to Putin's war effort ?

[@catmeow11111]

This channel is a godsent. Every other channel are just sponsored advertisements.

[@privacyhelp]

Thanks to the US govt, Americans now can't access good stuff like Kaspersky, instead they get the crappy Ultra.

[@tomthecat176]

It was not a good stuff. Look they removed it’s own soft and installed the new…. Did you press any button on your computer??? No.. if they can install any software on tour computer remotely, that’s mean they probably could read all your email, download all your documents and get all your passwords

[@Hardcore_Remixer]

​@@tomthecat176 Any antivirus can do all that you listed in order to even check if those things are protected. Of course Kaspersky was no exception. As for installing software, any antivirus needs to run with Administrator permissions in order to be able to block stuff from executing or analyze it real time, same Administrator permissions that are needed for installing stuff. Maybe learn something about Operating Systems before pretending to know about what a good antivirus cannot do.

[@user-ew8lt6yi2i]

and you're based in moscovia or india, right privacybot?

[@mail-qh2qc]

@@Hardcore_Remixer Automatically installing AV without asking permission or even giving the consumer a choice was a scumbag shady move on Kasperskys behalf. At first I was upset that Kaspersky was banned. Now I’ve realized that the way Kaspersky handled the situation showed their true colors. No prompt for a refund just pass you off to a terrible substitute after years of loyalty out of spite for your government.

[@Hardcore_Remixer]

@@mail-qh2qc Kaspersky shouldn't have installed anything on any PC without any consent from the customers just because they could. Now that I agree with. However, how good the Kaspersky antivirus is remains a different story.

[@rudranilghosh2713]

As someone from India, last time I saw this max av when I was a child, and I'm, or I was pretty sure that it stopped it's operations or the company shut down. Nobody sells it now. It's really weird.

[@dsfs17987]

did russian investors buy that company when it shut down by any chance? 😂 payed in oil no doubt 🤣 "wi giv yu couple tankers of finest russian export grade sulfur ridden crude oil, nono, not the tankers that lose turrets, but the boats"

[@AravendhSai]

​@@dsfs17987 Bro are you okay?

[@qwertyuser8541]

Maybe somebody bought the rights for the company for using it as a shell company

[@AgentX-dh3lf]

@@dsfs17987 Sorry, but we do not understand foreign Gen Alpha language here in India.

[@rogerm1111]

They only stopped devleopment and sale of it, a few months ago.

[@elduderino7767]

kaspersky is probably the best av out there, has been for some time so what if it doesn't have a CIA back door

[@wolf1438]

For me it looks like quick cheap solution for Kaspersky to avoid refunds for long time purchased licenses.

[@AlkatemOffical]

Yeah, but only problem is if you read the U.S letter it tells you to find another product not get a refund

[@visitor404]

kasp must ask customers for this move, not doing it silently. it's a shitty behavior

[@Hezeri]

Kaspersky was not required to give any refunds. They could have simply informed their userbase that this was forced on them on a government level and as such, they'll have to automatically remove the software. And suggest users to find alternative AV. Instead they went a route, where they most likely sold userbase to an indian company and installed their AV for all users. In my eyes Kaspersky ruined any reputation they had by this decision. It might be something a random software company could do out of spite, but not something that an AV company should do, ever.

[@DamonWakefield]

Why would Kaspersky replace itself with a decent AV program? Sounds like they're just pissed.

[@TheCocoaDaddy]

I was thinking similarly. I viewed this is a "F-You" from Kaspersky to the U.S. *sigh*

[@stonecoldw01]

That made no sense. I guess they were mad as hell

[@ゆきの-s5j]

more like take this and good luck haha

[@RandomDeforge]

come on guys. this was a very lucrative opportunity to sell off the user base to a new company and salvage some money from the loss. pretty obvious.

[@Mageroeth]

Pango group the owners of ultra av which is a subsidary of aura which is based out of boston. Im pretty sure kaspersky has absolutely nothing to do with ultra av.

[@cpuuk]

Kasp should just have deleted itself and turned on Windows Defender on the way out the door. If this ban extends to Europe I'll uninstall K myself and go with another, but until then Kasp stays.

[@Jerry_S.]

Excuse me, what?

[@xpower7125]

malwarebytes should've paid kaspersky, would've been better

[@andreycamper5863]

In Europe there is complete democracy and not partial democracy as in America. So it will be much more difficult to make. (I'm not saying that America was wrong or was not)

[@Alacritous]

Windows Defender is fine. It's the most effective and least intrusive of all the options. Why would you use anything else?

[@RockOfTruth_OFFICIAL_John14.6]

​​@@andreycamper5863 Don't kid yourself. You don't know the meaning of democracy. At any time your laws in Europe can change without your consent. At least in the US if a law is controversial, it requires congressional and court approval before passing if challenged. Europe has no constitution. That's what makes America unique among all other nations of the world. Joke of the week.

[@krishnaSagar69]

As Indian, ultra thing is the most unreliable thing I've heard. I don't know how someone would even consider it as a alternate, let alone replace Kaspersky lol

[@cmsupreme5832]

Pro tip for all windows users in US. Just change the your windows computer REGION to somewhere else other than US. Then uninstall Ultra AV then install Kaspersky. Go through installation. Now you have Kaspersky

[@BeyondPostal]

Thank you!

[@obtrunco]

Wow. So this was Kasperky's revenge.

[@PaulJohn01]

Still using Kaspersky here in the Philippines. Only ever had 3 AV software, McAfee as it was pre-installed, got rid of it as soon as the limited use period was up. Had Norton for many years, used to be good but got worse and wasn't available once i moved. Had Kaspersky for years and been good all those years. Possibly there's something better and/or cheaper but maybe not as easy to get if you don't have a credit card .

[@humbertobaldiluque5093]

I use Kaspersky and I will continue use it Kaspersky is a good product

[@ÜbelisBestGirl]

For those of you switching from kaspersky to bitdefender be aware that bitdefender is more memory and system resource heavy and its included vpn doesn't aupport private dns and many other features.

[@doomsdayZen]

I never got a single communication from Kaspersky about the ban-which was surprising-so I switched to bit defender a few weeks ago. Now I'm glad I didn't wait.

[@numberyellow]

I switched to ESET.

[@User9681e]

Takes less resources then Kaspersky and with ksn because of the lack of users it will soon be comparable in protection

[@numberyellow]

@@User9681e I based my choice on testing i've seen on this channel. BitDefender seemed like a good option too, but i'm wary of it, based on rumors of U.S. alphabet agencies having a backdoor into it.

[@awesomereview2358]

Eset in my experience has been very good

[@MissKampfKuchen]

me to

[@oneknight]

same here, ESET

[@FakeJeep]

Ya my response was "ultra who" Honestly it's a bit suspicious lol

[@Eja_Shaki]

Thanks for the info. I was having the hardest time finding any information about ultraav.

[@DoeJames-vt1pb]

I’m in the USA , i still have my Kaspersky Plus it’s still working , and i haven’t downloaded UltraAV yet and have NO intention of doing so after reading what people are saying about it !!!

[@DoeJames-vt1pb]

My Kaspersky is still working, BUT it won’t update at all !!!

[@amritlohia8240]

@@DoeJames-vt1pb Yes, the update servers are what can no longer operate due to the US ban.

[@DoeJames-vt1pb]

@@amritlohia8240 , yep they got me 😢

[@DoeJames-vt1pb]

@@amritlohia8240 , they got me 🥲😢😢

[@nickfunk5804]

I was just received notice that Auto-Renewal of $65.99 form UltraSecure AV which on further investigation was for Ultra-AV. It took a little bit of Googling to find a phone number to call to dispute this charge. Prior to Kasperky's drop-dead date I called to cancel the Auto-Renew of the software and was reassured that Auto-Renew will not occur since they are pulling out of America. So I called UltraSecure AV and I told them that I performed a clean uninstall of Kaspersky one week prior to their ban date, and purchased and installed BitDefender. It took a little while explaining that I want a refund for a product that I never downloaded, or installed. After about 15 minutes they finally apologize for their error and issued a refund.

[@JimJones-kj8jk]

The Kaspersky in my laptop converted to UltraAV but on my home desktop Kaspersky did not change. So I uninstalled UltraAV on my laptop and downloaded Bitdefender instead.

[@docilelikewintercatfish]

I feel like Ultra AV is required to install by Government to give Kaspersky a bad reputation

[@gharm9129]

I posted already and I have had none of what's reported happen but I either don't run windows on my pc's or the one I do is a gutted win 10 with no auto features. I suspect it's windows users reporting this, I see nothing on linux forums.

[@UltraSolution]

Knowing the UK, they will probably ban Kaspersky next

[@awesomereview2358]

Just goes to show you Kasperski really didn’t care if they did they would’ve chose a different company but nope, this is why I don’t use a major AV. I use Windows defender cause I personally like it. Do I believe Windows defender could be better yeah

[@ТоварищКамрадовСоциалистКоммун]

it is already better, but only in some editions for beta testers. They probably test how "happy" will be an end users if users will see numerous messages about no signature/low trust/potential risk/sudo if you want to continue etc )

[@bleakyfinder2692]

Kaspersky old customer, went to eset.

[@MissKampfKuchen]

me to

[@boostjunkie27]

Same.

[@amritlohia8240]

ESET has excellent signatures, but its signatureless protection components have historically been rather mediocre. BitDefender would surely be the obvious choice to replace Kaspersky if you have to, since they've consistently been almost neck-and-neck over the past several years.

[@evilleader1991]

Dont blame Kaspersky, blame the US gov for banning

[@TheCocoaDaddy]

How is the action of the US gov't related to *how* Kaspersky handled this at all? Kaspersky could have done this differently.

[@chipperjoneszz]

Putin arse kissing Trumpie. 😂😂😂

[@emre_sus]

No, we should blame the US for banning and Kaspersky for choosing a bad partner. They should've passed their US customers on to a known company like Bitdeender or Avira etc., even though they're their direct competitors, if they actually had cared about the security of their customers.

[@hydradragonantivirus]

Kaspersky is not god.

[@mivr9298]

blame putin

[@SammiePribble]

I will definitely be following you. A few months ago I saw a shift in the way my desktop was working; it behaved as if I had a virus. I'm still looking for help. I did not even know about the change of Kaspersky to AV. I still have some Kaspersky and now AV on my computer. I want to rid both now and install a new line of protection. Thanks for the help. Best.

[@juanfigueroa4989]

I'm still using Kaspersky without problems and vpn, even KSN seems to work. Last Thursday UltraAV installed, but i removed it and installed Kaspersky again using a non USA setup.

[@jetlag1488]

I don't use Kaspersky but if I did and saw this happen to everyone in the US, I'd uninstall it. The fact that they chose this program is ridiculous. Even if they did it as a middle finger to the US government, putting all of the US users at risk like that is unacceptable.

[@x-user3462]

The fact that AV on it's own installing another software on users PCs is already ridiculous. No matter what that software is.

[@yesitschelle]

I doubt it was a middle finger. They had no time, and I'd bet most of their money is in rubles. Suppose Bitdefender was really generous and gave them half price for the coverage. That's all US customers, and they'd have to pay in USD.

[@juanin200]

I use Kaspersky and I think it's hilarious. If you think that an AV having the capability to uninstall itself is ridiculous, you are better off not using any AV at all, 'cause all of them can do that

[@yesitschelle]

@@juanin200 The whole thing is ridiculous. Kaspersky gave governments access to their code, and a Swiss company has control of the code getting implemented. They put all our data in Switzerland, too, and the main company can't access it.

[@jetlag1488]

@@juanin200 ????????? I wasn't complaining about Kaspersky having the ability to uninstall itself.

[@NicolasDeFilippoOK]

EL MEJOR PROGRAMA ES KAPERSKY, SOMOS DE LATINOAMERICA DEL SUR Y LA VERDAD QUE ME DEJO CON EL CULO CERRADO, mucho mejor que eset32, y eso que eset tiene renombre aqui!

[@l.c.habibi2339]

Qué tal Avast!? Por qué no mencionaron a Avast!?

[@NicolasDeFilippoOK]

@@l.c.habibi2339 por que avast, es como un buen antivirus, pero la macana es cuando lo probas contra ramsonware, es como el microsoft , por ahi ni cuenta se da, por mas que tengas internet y estes en linea, no responde tan bien como los que serian kapersky y eset. ademas con la mala reputacion que venia teniendo año tras año, consume mas que un antivirus normas es como el avg pero con mas consumo

[@amritlohia8240]

@@l.c.habibi2339 Avast went to shit after it got bought by Norton.

[@CheshireCatNYC]

Thank you for your clear, simple response. I originally thought it was a virus or malware itself.

[@FairPlay137]

Honestly Kaspersky should've gone with migrating US users to Bitdefender's equivalent plans...

[@Light-3in1]

I accepted the switch and dumped it in less than 24 hours. I felt completely cheated by UltraAV's poor product. Yet from your comments I am glad it didn't have a highly developed face, otherwise I might have stayed with them, and suffered the consequences. I moved to Bitdefender, though I still would have liked to stay with Kaspersky.

[@Sitharii]

i didn't understand : people in U.S. who have Kaspersky ,what will happen to them ? 1)Kaspersky whenever updates itself , 😮will it uninstall automatically & install this one ? or 2)only if there is a new🤔 US customer trying to install Kaspersky for the 1st time ,will be redirected to this Ultra AV ? --if it's the 1) it's really shameful treating from Kaspersky to their existing customers .. better uninstall it completely than compromising the PC security with such low quality AV -if it's 2) it's somewhat understandable...

[@JJ-io4pe]

I appreciate your video on this. I had picked Kaspersky based on your previous videos. Disappointed I need to find something new and install on all my devices.

[@TheCocoaDaddy]

Thanks for posting this video!!!! I hoped you would look at UltraAV, at some point. :)

[@chineseducksauce9085]

I still have Kaspersky even though I'm in the US, it's just an older version

[@yesitschelle]

Did you have to do that in advance? Can you get updates to virus definitions?

[@ripleyhrgiger4669]

If you're not updating your antivirus then it's fucking useless kakkakkakkakak Bro, get rid of it.

[@chineseducksauce9085]

@@yesitschelle Yeah I had it downloaded since 2 years ago, I haven't updated it since as I'm not sure if that removes the tool and replaces it with UltraAV

[@yesitschelle]

@@chineseducksauce9085 Usually it updates itself to remain secure. I wonder what happened for you. Maybe you use VPN routinely that uses another country's ip?

[@ТоварищКамрадовСоциалистКоммун]

there are two kinds of updates. Database update and update everything else, including features. Database update is what should be available, otherwise AV is useless. Updating features, engine is desirable, but not the top priority

[@ChromosomeExcel]

after UltraAV updated and caused a black screen. I uninstalled it

[@antysiq]

Kaspersky and all it's products got removed from PlayStore..!

[@ridhotech8040]

Hello Leo, let me introduce myself, my name is Ridho. I come from Indonesia. Sorry Leo, here I am not defending any party or interfering in political issues and others. I'm just always confused about why America is always worried about their foreign products? Then what about companies in America? Don't they have problems with user data or others? Even though as long as I or various people who use Kaspersky are safe. There are no problems that often occur. Because if I may say that Kaspersky is the best antivirus product that is very strong in protecting us from cyber threats. Same as Bitdefender which is also very good in antivirus products. So why is America always worried about this? Thank you Leo and everyone, I'm sorry if I have any mistakes or others

[@amritlohia8240]

It's not just because Kaspersky is a foreign product - it's because they're a product from Russia (even though they moved much of their infrastructure to Switzerland several years ago). So it's really an unfortunate casualty of Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

[@David-u3s4l]

IMO Bitdefender is a great replacement to Kasperky

[@fugglynugs5523]

This happened to me. I was trying to look into who the hell Ultra AV was and I assumed they were just a away to get around the ban but I still didn't know who they were so I did more research into it only to find out no one knew who the hell they were so I was sused out and switched to bit defender. My best guess is that Kaspersky sold us out to whoever was willing to pay

[@Shamejais]

TNX for an INFO ! Good to know.

[@mclarenbutton6342]

This AV's development time limited to only when the devs where out in the open taking a dump.

[@dertreffer]

meh, i´ll stay with bitdefender

[@A42yearoldARAB]

When you renew the price will go up I just had to renew for 70 bucks just for one year

[@dertreffer]

@@A42yearoldARAB where i got it, i paid like ~30€ish for 18 months, for the total security version just checked it right now: 34.99€ for 1 device for 18 months

[@samsepiol3984]

@@A42yearoldARAB My renewal is coming up after one year and for me it's 100, how did you get yours to be 70?

[@MichaelAmen316]

Thanks for the review.

[@kestutiskubilius4893]

Kaspersky vs Norton, will be fun 🤔

[@NextHeart]

Either Kaskersky didn't want to replace itself with something it would consider a true competitor, that or Kaspersky got a nice commission deal, or both.

[@rendellfidelity345]

I would like to see a benchmark test for Ultra AV if the protection has not changed from Kaspersky or if the protection has been downgraded.

[@dmoney1426]

thank you I appreciate you making this video

[@BirBilgin]

I don't know, man, the fact that the program has the authority to delete itself and install a new program on its own, and actually doing so, seems pretty sketchy to me. I use Kaspersky myself, but this made me a bit suspicious.

[@flarebear5346]

Every program on your windows machine can do that if it has admin privileges

[@丸山碧-j9k]

you already gave access to all the programs you have installed in your pc, if you worry about security use your own OS, even Linux, and BSD have backdoors to the NSA, CIA, etc., or keep what you have and disconect your modem

[@UmitSeyhan75]

You have no idea what an AV can do in your system. Remember, what differentiates medicine from poison is the dosage ;)

[@user-ve2yz9ne9g]

​@@flarebear5346básicamente todo programa antivirus necesita derechos administrativos para funcionar y proteger la PC

[@7rich79]

Yeah, that a security software will just install a completely different non-affiliated software should not be normalised.

[@dimok85]

I've been using Kaspersky for over 15 yrs. Now im not sure what to pick Bitdefender, Malwarebytes or Sophos any recommendations against zeroday malware and ransomware?

[@BaBaNaNaBa]

sophos

[@amritlohia8240]

BitDefender is basically neck-and-neck with Kaspersky - in some tests they come out very slightly ahead, and in others, very slightly behind. So they're the obvious choice for a top-of-the-line replacement.

[@dimok85]

Thank you 😂, that's what I thought.

[@xpower7125]

just use windows defender, malwarebytes, bitdefender, f-secure or smth decent please also PLIZ ULTRA AV REVIEW I WANT IT

[@metehangunaydn6295]

In my opinion, why Kaspersky replaced its product with UltraAv which is very simple and not good in protection, is because Kaspersky says " if my product is banned with ridiculous reasons, then they don't deserve to protected with a good product" and Kaspersky says so by replacing itself with UltraAv in USA. :)

[@satorugojo9833]

If Kasperksy got banned by the US, do you think the NSA will allow them such control over their customers? I think this is just done by Big Bro to make it easier to access certain individuals data , that's all.

[@hpguru]

I switched to Bitdefender as soon as news of the coming ban first hit.

[@moetocafe]

The US once again sanctioned themselves with their ultra intelligent and efficient current administration 😅 Btw I'm continuing to enjoy Kaspersky. Never thought life outside USA will be better ever, but here is the current timeline proving me wrong.

[@Graham6410]

One of my friends had this software on their computer and it very quickly got infected by a virus. I decided to share my bit defender with them for now though.

[@AutonomousMoo]

I love sophos since I got it after your last video or two back of it. I went from Bitdefender to webroot to sophos Over the course of like 8 years or so.

[@BobJohnsonETech]

Deleted Kaspersky, canceled auto-renew. Just not enough known about UltraAv. Kaspersky was very good.

[@eltino49]

Maybe Kaspersky is opening a new branch or associating with some other brand to be able to operate in the US and they're barely starting

[@SchinTeth]

I hope the ban wont expand to Europe because Kaspersky seems to be the best one out there, from your tests and from my experience too

[@丸山碧-j9k]

it will only if the eurodiputadogs do as their master tells them, just look at what happened to the huawei 4g towers in Europe, the chinese EVs, and other similar actions and you will know what will do the EU about kapersky

[@DreamTerrorist]

I thought I got a virus when I saw this installed on my system, especially cause the cmd window popped up for a second. Jumpscared me. Uninstalled and am now using Bitdefender instead.

[@l337pwnage]

I'm pretty sure the constitution says I have the right to bear Kaspersky. 😁

[@kelvinreed853]

🤣

[@gharm9129]

I don't have ultra av installed nor did kaspersky uninstall itself. Of course, I removed all of win 10s auto garbage and usually run linux. I'm guessing 100% of these reports is people's windows uninstalled and installed the ultra av. Checked all 5 of my pc's and same thing, kaspersky is still installed and no ultra av. None of the other pc's runs windows either and yes in the states.

[@Dizycuh]

Im in the US and made the switch from Kaspersky to Bitdefender yesterday. But what’s weird is that Kaspersky never replaced itself with UltraAv for me. I wonder if they’re just going to stop pushing updates to the software

[@kelvinreed853]

Use VPN, pick a European country and it will update.

[@DennyMK007]

@@kelvinreed853 Canada works too and it's much closer ;)

[@Dewey_the_25U]

Malicious compliance is my guess for why it was done this way.

[@ampeg187]

Really hope Kaspersky is not banned here in EU its such an amazing product. Today world is crazy, we are literally in a bring of WW3 atm. Stay safe guys

[@firebird687]

stay safe and use KGBs malware!😁

[@keepernod2888]

@@firebird687 Have fun with CIA malware.

[@Rue21341]

@@firebird687and this ladies and gentlemen is why kaspersky got banned the dumb idea of if it comes from that country it’s surely spyware/malware but well that’s mostly a US only thing

[@epicnicity916]

@@firebird687 shut up

[@nguyenanghoang7314]

​@@firebird687Stay safe with CIA's malware

[@undifinder6643]

The funny thing is not just US customers got affected so its just lottery draw on who will be sold off. 😂

[@tomsurfing007]

Heard about Kaspersky handing off accounts to Ultra AV . Ultra goes into computers and uninstall Kas and then Ultra charges my credit card on file with Kas and then installs Ultra.. Tried to delete my card info from Kas but was blocked. Called Ultra customer service and was told to go to account settings and remove card info. Was again blocked. The only thing can change is to add another card so Ultra would then have 2 of my cards accounts. I filed a complaint with Fed Trade Cmsn.

[@juanfigueroa4989]

As today it seems Kaspersky fixed or blocked the way around that was available to still using the antivirus. Today i have trying to update the database and is not working.

[@jairo8746]

Thank Dwayna I jumped out on time.

[@Anti_Hero]

Hey there, could you look into an antivirus named Quick Heal ? Its also from India iirc. Would be nice to know how good or bad it is.

[@nethri1]

probably a money decision - this company offered money to take over all of their customers, and since they're getting kicked out and denied a lot of money now, they took it. can't blame em

[@denshoni]

One of my PCs had Ultra installed, but the other one didn't thankfully.

[@avp2501]

Slightly off topic. I'm planning to move to Linux soon and typically enough I haven't found any protection like Kaspersky available on the platform. What do you recommend I do to ensure that my new OS is safe? PS this is due to the whole win10 support ending soon and I have no intention of downgrading to win11 / win12

[@vasudevmenon2496]

Never heard of Max secure. Quick Heal was good but very slow. I used Kaspersky free, BD free, AVG free in the past but use WD with windows 10/11.

[@TheWorryingWolverine]

Well, Bitdefender and ESET still good, or anything problematic going on with their software too?

[@Darkregen9545]

Im in USA and still have Kaspersky on my PC lol

[@RFGSwiss]

the simple fact the software chose to replace itself with something unwanted, just shows it cant be trusted in the first place. i recommend reinstalling the whole system instead of just removing the new software.

[@ItzToxicYTT]

Kaspersky is the Best AV. IDC what others say about it.

[@Knards]

Strangely enough, Kaspersky is still on my system, and as of an hour ago still updating itself. I am dumping UltraAV

[@Random_person_07]

I thought I got malware when that got installed and I uninstalled it literally yesterday Kaspersky was actually good

[@takuminightcore1886]

Literally had to buy bed defender after figuring out and installed ultra AV. This is just a big FU to the consumer in the US. I could’ve just taken the refund or at least give us an option to refund us instead of just given us some shitty antivirus

[@SFBenjaminK]

i didn't know that my Kaspersky Premium is not updating since last month just didn't know , i have to uninstall it, damn i have it for 5-6 years now BUT mine didn't switched ...what is good to replacement please??

[@vincentlemoinefr]

I don't think they chose, I think they were legally binded to replaced themselves for another product, and they went for the cheapest route.

[@leepinnguin9682]

So what should I use now...all the others seem to be "less" than Kaspersky. Could you just give me direction without telling me to watch a bunch of videos...I need protection now.

[@DuskyLark]

How can the ban technically affect US users ? If you download the .exe and install it, what happens ? Or can't get the .exe ? What about a free vpn like proton or opera's, just for the downloading ? Could someone explain ?

[@MenkarX]

Remind me on the following: *Strong indian accent* - I am your new Microsoft support assistant. You have a virus. You are attacked by hackers. Please install AnyDeks so I can help you.

[@the_krypton1te]

How about those who live in EU how can we update Kaspersky if its been removed from Google Playstore?

[@Vichingo455]

I'm lucky. I'm in Italy. I still have Kaspersky.

[@johndoe-vm4ps]

You should do a clip with what an AV can do on you're pc without you're consent !

[@KalaAltheaBalik]

Ban is stupid. Harms everyday people.

[@BD4-ManchesterIsRed]

Spot the Russian sympathising Trumper !

[@BD4-ManchesterIsRed]

Not if it's true.

[@KalaAltheaBalik]

@@BD4-ManchesterIsRed I don't really believe in your MS clown world, nor its politics, nor its characters, were it Trump, Biden, Putin, Obama.. all show wrestling to me.

[@BD4-ManchesterIsRed]

@@KalaAltheaBalik Ah . . . a delusional dreamer 👍

[@KalaAltheaBalik]

@@BD4-ManchesterIsRed Believing things is delusional, you are the one here living in hypnosis, not me. You come pointing and shaming me from your little adversial ideological pocket thinking you don't need to know anything but the narrative you have chose to believe in and you think you have right to judge people from that position? You're just like a every horrible member of the masses that ever lived.

[@MestUpGames]

how would someone cancel their subscription if they auto renewed Kaspersky

[@phantomtr1]

wait, if u download the kaspersky package from a non US source, and install it ini the US, will it still delete itself? I dont see how the gov has any right to interfere with my choice of AV on my PC.

[@flamestrider605]

at the moment, I grabbed the package from switzerland of all places lol. it currently appears to be working outside of one thing, it cannot seem to connect to the KSN, but thats alright. currently running free version.

[@user-ve2yz9ne9g]

Lo mismo que con Google, creo que están obligando a que Google desinstale de forma remota de todos los dispositivos Android, una app de IPTV

[@yesitschelle]

@@flamestrider605 Thanks!

[@phantomtr1]

@@flamestrider605 but doesnt it need to connect for updates? AV is one of those programs that I dont mind updating because it requires it if u connect to the net or any other media

[@flamestrider605]

It can’t connect to KSN, but it does connect to update servers… somehow.

[@galenklassen8634]

Fascinating video

[@MGSBESTProductions]

But how does ultraAV fare in terms of virus protection?

[@Divineboots]

Short answer: dog shit! I ran a few tests on it about a week ago in preparation for this switch and it was so bad I actually recommend using windows defender over it. Yes you read that right, there so shit they can’t even beat out the default option!

[@Shoxpyre]

I add folders and whole drives to exclusions and it unpauses itself then proceeds to destroy a recovery drive I was working on with no history(or so I thought) of what it "cleaned" or quarantined inside the software. I realized when you open the recover files you have to click the load button at the top right. Seems to me it's exclusions do not work at all, unfortunate I really liked kaspersky. I'll keep experimenting and might keep it on this machine for now. If anybody reads my comment opinions on the next best trustworthy av would be appreciated I'm off to keep researching 🕵‍♀