Pho had installed Kaspersky anti-virus software on his home computer.
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Kaspersky's consumer anti-virus software has won high marks from reviewers.
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The latest versions cannot even be detected by anti-virus software.
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Anti-virus software gets a bad rap sometimes, and not without reason.
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But concerns with the anti-virus software industry may not be over.
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Kaspersky, a global leader in anti-virus software, has strongly rejected the accusations.
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The company offered members a discount on anti-virus software for their computers.
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The anti-virus software was found in 15% of the agencies, per the official.
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To be fair, cybersecurity firms recognise this fundamental flaw in their anti-virus software.
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The company previously offered NRA members discounts on anti-virus software, according to ThinkProgress.
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This makes it far harder for anti-virus software or network security technicians to detect.
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Some of its existing partners include Hertz, FedEx, and the anti-virus software maker Norton.
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The company produces anti-virus software and threat research, serving about 400 million users globally.
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Several of its features are more likely to fall short against other anti-virus software options.
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If your new device comes equipped with anti-virus software, make sure it remains regularly updated.
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Learn More | Buy on Amazon Anti-virus software gets a bad rap sometimes, and not without reason.
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But how will the A-lister manage to look as decrepit as the anti-virus software mogul?
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The contractor used anti-virus software made by Kaspersky Lab, a Russian cybersecurity firm headquartered in Moscow.
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Its anti-virus software helps companies thwart cyber threats across their physical devices and in the cloud.
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Both companies claim their anti-virus software has been updated to detect this malware strain moving forward.
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One hacking tool contained the message "FUCK ANY AV" – referencing their victims' reliance on anti-virus software.
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It outlines ways to protect information, such as researching apps before downloading them and updating anti-virus software.
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Norton consistently outperforms other anti-virus software and is one of the top-rated names in the space.
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Kaspersky's anti-virus software is widely lauded in cybersecurity circles, and the company boasts 85033 million users worldwide.
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There's also another weird wrinkle in the Microsoft update process—some anti-virus software might mess with the updates.
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Microsoft built the anti virus software into Windows, saying this protected users but Kaspersky said it was anti-competitive.
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Each had the same message and shared a link to the same website, labeled "malicious" by anti-virus software.
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Founded in 1997, Kaspersky grew rapidly through the 2000s to become one of the world's leading anti-virus software companies.
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The maker of cybersecurity and anti-virus software also gave a current-quarter forecast that fell below consensus estimates, however.
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"This evolving threat can turn a mundane anti-virus software pitch into an unacceptable risk to national security," McCaskill said.
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This month Britain's main cyber security agency warned British government agencies to avoid using anti-virus software from Russian companies.
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Wardle told Motherboard in a phone call that when he first discovered FruitFly 2, no anti-virus software detected it.
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Instead of harvesting information through software attached to the browser, Avast is doing it through the anti-virus software itself.
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The days of Windows being a virus riddled mess if you used it without anti-virus software are thankfully behind us.
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Most of F-Secure's 2015 sales of 148 million euros ($161 million) still came from anti-virus software sales for consumers.
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Anti-virus software itself is a big ol' back door that relies on public trust and the security community's mutual respect.
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All federal agencies have finished scanning their networks for Kaspersky anti-virus software, a Department of Homeland Security official told Axios.
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Best Buy has stopped selling anti-virus software produced by Kaspersky Lab, a spokesman for Best Buy confirmed to The Hill.
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Two hours of focused, uninterrupted time where nobody tries to sell you anti-virus software to fix your not-broken computer.
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Founded in 1997, Kaspersky Lab grew rapidly through the 2000s to become ow of the world's leading anti-virus software companies.
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Recommended tips include bringing only necessary electronic devices, updating all apps, installing anti-virus software and turning on two-factor identification.
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Make sure have the most up-to-date anti-virus software and that you are using a PIN to lock your phone.
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In February, a server distributing the Dridex bank trojan ended up serving a fully up to date piece of anti-virus software.
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It's also much harder for anti-virus software and other solutions to detect it — leaving the end user completely in the dark.
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It makes sense, too, that a code that gauges the size of a network could be the foundation for anti-virus software.
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Reports surfaced late last week that Best Buy was pulling the company's anti-virus software from its shelves and online retail store.
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Lastly, a representative with firm-connected devices should ensure the anti-virus software is installed, up-to-date and active on all devices.
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese regulators are questioning anti-virus software maker Qihoo 360 Technology Co Ltd's disclosures in its planned $7.5 billion backdoor listing.
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Redpoint Ventures partner Tom Dyal said endpoint security is a $10 billion market opportunity as businesses migrate away from traditional anti-virus software.
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Trained as a medical doctor, Ahn rose to national fame when AhnLab, a provider of computer anti-virus software, became a household name.
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The company will also move the department which builds its anti-virus software using code written in Moscow to Switzerland, the documents showed.
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Kaspersky researchers obtained a sample of Olympic Destroyer from a Pyeongchang ski resort, which is one of the Russian anti-virus software maker's clients.
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A surged 40 percent on Tuesday after it said it was revising its plan to acquire anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee's D-Vasive.
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Symantec was up 9.5 percent at $21 after the anti virus software maker said Silver Lake Partners had invested $500 million in the company.
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Symantec was up 8.1 percent at $113 after the anti virus software maker said Silver Lake Partners had invested $500 million in the company.
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PATCHED: Free anti-virus software maker Avast will shut down the subsidiary it used to collect and sell data "effective immediately," it announced yesterday.
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In the meantime, users should ensure that reputable endpoint anti-malware (anti-virus) software is installed and active with the most recent malware signatures.
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Russia is criticizing the Trump administration's decision to bar federal agencies and departments from using anti-virus software produced by Russian-origin Kaspersky Lab.
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Photo: GettyIn September, the US government mysteriously announced that it was banning Moscow-based Kaspersky Labs' anti-virus software from use on its employees' machines.
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Minder suggests people should view their phone as a computer and install the mobile equivalent of anti-virus software on all of their mobile devices.
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Kaspersky has accused Microsoft of disabling its anti-virus software on Windows PCs, and using its dominance to "fiercely promote" its own Windows Defender software.
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Palo Alto, California-based Finjan issued a press release saying it had resolved its lawsuit alleging Sophos infringed on patents relating to anti-virus software.
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"There was certainly help that we received from Bitdefender at a technical level," Wainwright added, referring to the cybersecurity company that makes anti-virus software.
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A recent message in the MuslimTec group suggested users test Muslim Crypt against anti-virus software, presumably to double-check that the program isn't malicious.
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The cybersecurity company, which makes Norton anti-virus software, said Thursday it has launched an internal audit in response to concerns from a former employee.
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The criminal group used a type of malware known as "Dridex," which worked to evade common anti-virus software and spread through emailed phishing campaigns.
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One of the key upcoming changes to Windows 10 Fall Creators Update is a tweak to how alerts and notifications are handled for anti-virus software.
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The issue became apparent earlier in the week as complaints surfaced on social media claiming that YouTube ads were raising red flags in anti-virus software.
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AP ImagesJohn McAfee, anti-virus software founder, current presidential candidate, and one-time murder suspect, recently announced his involvement with a company called MGT Capital Investments.
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AP ImagesJohn McAfee, noted liar and one-time creator of anti-virus software, apparently tried to convince reporters that he hacked the encryption used on WhatsApp.
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The hackers had also infected the computers with software that made it undiscoverable by the off-the-shelf anti-virus software used by the campaign staff.
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The hearing is expected to be the first in a series of hearings on potential threats posed by Kaspersky anti-virus software to U.S. information systems.
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"I'm really excited about this new functionality that Twitter is releasing," said Tim Lopez, head of global social media customer care for Symantec's Norton anti-virus software.
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It should be noted that router owners could save on fees by installing their own VPN and anti-virus software, and running a periodic ISP speed test.
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Boxes of McAfee security software are displayed alongside Norton Anti-virus software by Symantec on a shelf at a Target store August 19, 2010 in Colma, California.
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Indeed, the relative ease with which these government hackers could penetrate commercially available anti-virus software packages was clearly something of a running joke on the inside.
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Washington said it was concerned the Moscow-based cyber security firm was vulnerable to Kremlin influence and that using its anti-virus software could jeopardize national security.
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The company behind Norton anti-virus software said Monday it will host a call with investors after the bell to address the audit and its financial outlook.
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What's rankled everyone is her employment at anti-virus software company Jinchen, a joint venture whose local partner was owned indirectly by the Ministry of Public Security.
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Photo: GettyAn embattled Kaspersky Labs is fighting back against accusations that its ties to the Russian government can create a security risk when using its anti-virus software.
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One text file appears to show ODDJOB's success rate at avoiding anti-virus software: "no_virus" is stamped next to companies such as F-Secure, Kaspersky, Symantec, and more.
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The company is also reportedly looking at offloading its entire security division, which is based around its acquisition of McAfee anti-virus software in 2010 for $7.7 billion.
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Some of those other investments include stakes in the anti-virus software company Cylance; in the fantasy sports business FanDuel; and in the augmented reality company Magic Leap.
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"In October 2017, we removed Kaspersky's anti-virus software from the list of products that we make available to these users," Facebook wrote in a letter dated Jan.
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Among those is language that would codify into law the Department of Homeland Security's newly issued ban on anti-virus software from Moscow-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab.
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Other deals this year include $221 million in funding for risk analytics firm Skybox Security Inc, and Fidelity Investments' $236 million investment in anti-virus software maker Malwarebytes.
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This was done for illegal pharmaceutical distributors, purveyors of malicious or counterfeit "anti-virus" software, their own internet casinos and an illegal bitcoin exchange, according to the investigators.
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New York (CNN Business)Microsoft issued two emergency Windows updates Monday to protect against "critical" and "important" vulnerabilities impacting Internet Explorer and Windows Defender, the anti-virus software.
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Kaspersky's anti-virus software is popular in the United States and around the world, and the firm has been a leading player in the cyber security market for decades.
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Traditionally, attacks would attempt to install malware onto the computer, but by instead going after the browser cache, Poison Tap can bypass some security measures and anti-virus software.
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How it happened: An NSA contractor reportedly kept the information on his home computer, and hackers identified the files through his use of anti-virus software from Kaspersky Lab.
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Kaspersky's anti-virus program flagged the NSA tools as suspicious in the process — a common feature of anti-virus software — and uploaded them to its own server for analysis.
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With no firewall or anti-virus software entirely fool-proof, every important piece of data should be backed up and stored securely somewhere away from the network, he added.
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In contrast, today's ransomware is often developed by global software teams that are constantly updating their codes to evade anti-virus software and selling them as off-the-shelf products.
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Eventually ad-blockers and anti-virus software learned to identify and block such code, so that users could avoid having their CPUs used and their batteries drained by the software.
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John McAfee, anti-virus software founder, current presidential candidate, and one-time murder…Read more ReadThis shouldn't come as much surprise, considering there's lots of unanswered questions about the company.
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Cameron Camp, a researcher at Slovakian anti-virus software maker ESET said the push to subsidize coal and nuclear seemed more about saving blue collar energy jobs than boosting resiliency.
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The efforts come on the heels of a federal ban on anti-virus software produced by Russia's Kaspersky Lab, and underscore heightened concerns in Washington about privacy and spying threats.
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When Symantec announced on Thursday it would launch an internal audit, the cybersecurity company that makes Norton anti-virus software did not elaborate much about the nature of the audit.
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Hackers were smart enough to realize this; they watched the anti-virus companies develop their software, then they built malware that would not be recognized by the anti-virus software.
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I installed some anti-virus software, ran a scan, deleted the bad files, unplugged it and sent the computer back to the client to collect my payment ($100 in this case).
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Kaspersky has said it believes the NSA tools ended up with hackers when its client turned off his anti-virus software because it was preventing him from generating an encryption key.
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"There's never going to be any shortage of unpatched systems or legacy systems that cannot be patched," said Jim Walter, a senior research scientist at Cylance, which develops anti-virus software.
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In terms of alternative ways to encourage greater online vigilance, Hogan-Howe suggested banks could tell the public to update their anti-virus software, and make sure passwords were more secure.
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In a last-minute voice vote on December 7, a provision was added to the $700 billion National Defense Authorization Act that bars federal agencies from using Kaspersky anti-virus software.
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As hackers evolve and continue to develop new ransomware strains or re-hash older versions, updating anti-virus software will ensure that your devices are protected against any possible new strains.
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The anti-virus software maker's recent troubles have hit its stock, which as of Tuesday's close has lost over a third of its value from a high of $34.20 in August 2017.
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It's being called "one of the most significant security breaches in recent years," and multiple sources reportedly said that it was made possible because Kaspersky Lab's anti-virus software identified the files.
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This new policy follows a series of measures to limit the potential of foreign government hacking like the banning of Kaspersky's anti-virus software from government systems and restrictions on Huawei phones.
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LONDON (Reuters) - The founder of Moscow-based anti-virus software company Kaspersky Lab said on Tuesday he would quit Russia if its intelligence agencies ever asked his company to spy for it.
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Photo: APRussian security software company Kaspersky Lab has been having a bad few months amid allegations its signature anti-virus software scans for and identifies files of interest to Russian cyber spies.
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It claimed that the employee had to disable the anti-virus software in order to activate pirated software, and its possible a third party pilfered the classified files while it was vulnerable.
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Microsoft has been gradually improving its Windows Defender anti-virus software in recent years, and with Windows 10 the company has built it into the operating system and enabled it by default.
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Carbon Black, which makes makes anti-virus software to prevent cyber attacks, has reportedly filled for an IPO confidentially, but that may or may not mean they're going public any time soon.
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The DCCC viewed the incident as a sophisticated attack because of an unauthorized installation of key-logging software that avoided detection by the campaign's anti-virus software, according to the campaign source.
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Kaspersky says Microsoft is foisting its own Defender anti-virus software on Windows 10 users at the expense of rivals, and creating obstacles for independent security software developers to enter the market.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has banned government agencies from using Kaspersky Lab software, after concluding that the company's anti-virus software had been used to copy sensitive files with American secrets.
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Kaspersky, which produces lauded anti-virus software and has operations across the globe, has been mired in controversy as a result of alleged ties to Russian intelligence, which the company has long denied.
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Privately held Kaspersky said its U.S. revenue, most of which comes from selling anti-virus software to consumers and small businesses, slipped from $164 million in 2014 to about $156 million in 2016.
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SidAlpha and other internet sleuths—one as early as July 13—dug around and noticed that running the small indie game hogged system resources, triggered Windows Defender alerts, and tripped anti-virus software.
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An American who helped create the anti-virus software industry, McAfee generated a media frenzy in 2012 when he fled his home in Belize, claiming that police wanted to frame him for murder.
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Kaspersky, which produces lauded anti-virus software and has operations across the globe, has been mired in controversy as a result of alleged ties to Russian intelligence, which the company has long denied.
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He wanted his company to go beyond selling anti-virus software to consumers and small businesses and become a major vendor to the U.S. government - one of the world's biggest buyers of cybersecurity tools.
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The software giant has agreed to make changes to the upcoming Windows 10 Fall Creators Update that have appeased Kaspersky and help its anti-virus software provide notifications and alerts to renew virus definitions.
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Big picture: This was one of the first companies created on the thesis that traditional anti-virus software didn't work, but for a while it looked as if it had actually launched too early.
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Israeli intelligence officials said they had found Russian government hackers using Kaspersky anti-virus software to steal spy secrets from the U.S. National Security Agency, according to reports this month in major U.S. media.
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Photo: Getty Following a ban on Kaspersky Lab's anti-virus software for use by the US federal government, the Wall Street Journal reported that officials believe hackers used the software to steal sensitive NSA documents.
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But the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) made waves this week by issuing a public directive ordering federal executive bodies to come up with "detailed plans" to discontinue their use of Kaspersky anti-virus software.
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Britain's main cyber security agency on Friday warned British government agencies to avoid using anti-virus software from Russian companies, the latest in a series of moves targeting Moscow-based security software maker Kaspersky Lab.
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But the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) made waves this week by issuing a public directive ordering federal executive bodies to come up with "detailed plans" to discontinue their use of Kaspersky anti-virus software.
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Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab plans to open a data center in Switzerland by the end of next year to help address Western government concerns that Russia exploits its anti-virus software to spy on customers.
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Kaspersky Lab said Microsoft was abusing its dominance in the PC operating system market, creating obstacles for independent software security vendors by distributing its own Defender anti-virus software with the ubiquitous Windows operating system.
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Kaspersky originally filed its complaint back in June, claiming that Microsoft disabled its anti-virus software during Windows upgrades and that the software maker was using its dominance to "fiercely promote" its own Windows Defender software.
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Kaspersky first filed a complaint against Microsoft with Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS), claiming that Microsoft is using its dominant position with Windows to push its own anti-virus software over competitor products with Windows 10.
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The direct financial impact of the decision will likely be minimal for Kaspersky Lab, one of the world's leading anti-virus software companies, which was founded in 1997 and now counts over 400 million global customers.
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Fears about Kaspersky's ties to Russian intelligence, and the capacity of its anti-virus software to sniff out and remove files, prompted an escalating series of warnings and actions from U.S. authorities over the past year.
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Kaspersky's anti-virus software was banned from U.S. government networks earlier this year on concerns the company has close ties to intelligence agencies in Moscow and that its software could be used to enable Russian spying.
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Kaspersky's anti-virus software was banned from U.S. government networks this year because of concerns the company has close ties to intelligence agencies in Moscow and that its software could be used to enable Russian spying.
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The Department of Homeland Security recommends a list of steps individuals can use to defend themselves online, including setting secure passwords and updating them regularly on all accounts and keeping anti-virus software up to date.
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The action is the latest effort by Kaspersky, a global leader in anti-virus software, to parry accusations by the U.S. government and others that the company spies on customers at the behest of Russian intelligence.
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It should go without saying (but I'll say it anyway) that for basic security it's crucial to keep your devices' software updated, which means known security holes are plugged, and of course to run anti-virus software.
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After the malware disables Windows Defender, which explains how it's avoided tripping the anti-virus software for so long, and can take control of a PC, however, Microsoft and Cisco researchers are divided on its ultimate objective.
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HANOVER, Germany (Reuters) - Russia's Kaspersky Lab has temporarily backed off filing a competition complaint that Microsoft is abusing its market dominance to crowd out anti-virus software makers such as itself, founder and Chief Executive Eugene Kaspersky said.
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Opening the Swiss data center is the latest effort by Kaspersky, a global leader in anti-virus software, to parry accusations by the U.S. government and others that it spies on customers at the behest of Russian intelligence.
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Shares in elevator maker SJEC Corp, the back-door listing vehicle of anti-virus software Qihoo 360, surged the maximum allowed 10 percent to a six-month high, as trading resumed on Tuesday following a five-month halt.
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MOSCOW/TORONTO (Reuters) - Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab plans to open a data center in Switzerland to address Western government concerns that Russia exploits its anti-virus software to spy on customers, according to internal documents seen by Reuters.
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Kaspersky anti-virus software was running on the contractor's laptop at the time of the hack, and investigators are looking into whether hackers used the software to breach the computer and steal the data, said one of those sources.
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"Microsoft is only offering the Windows security updates released on January 3, 2018 to devices running anti-virus software from partners who have confirmed their software is compatible with the January 2018 Windows operating system security update," Microsoft explained.
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Set Up Your Defenses Before you even take your laptop out of the office, there are a few best practices to abide by: Update your anti-virus software, have a personal firewall in place, and encrypt your hard drive.
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Around 1 in the afternoon, word began spreading that anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee — who was recently deported from Guatemala and is now back in the US, vying for the Libertarian Party's presidential nomination — had entered the premises.
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There is no evidence that the private internet server she used as secretary of state, which was protected by off-the-shelf anti-virus software and is being investigated by the FBI as a possible security breach, was hacked.
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese anti-virus software maker Qihoo 360 Technology Co Ltd is set to return to China's mainland stock exchange through a backdoor listing after agreeing a 50 billion yuan ($7.57 billion) deal with elevator maker SJEC Corp 601313.
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch government said on Monday it had decided to phase out the use of anti-virus software made by Kaspersky Labs "as a precautionary measure" and was advising companies involved in safeguarding vital services to do the same.
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DHS alleged that Kaspersky had suspicious ties with Russian intelligence agencies, and the Wall Street Journal reported in October that Kaspersky's anti-virus software had been used by hackers to identify and steal classified files from an NSA contractor's computer.
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As for what users are doing to stay safe online, the most common measures include using anti-virus software (53 percent do), taking advantage of privacy and security settings on social media (37 percent), and using two-factor authentication (31 percent).
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"So as long they aren't uploading any of that information back to their servers the new model just gives them the same filesystem view that AVs [anti-virus software] and some other [utilities] already have when users install them," he wrote.
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The issue took center stage Wednesday at the first in a series of House hearings focused on the company, with lawmakers grilling current and former U.S. officials on the potential risks that Kaspersky anti-virus software poses to federal information systems.
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A, led by anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee, dropped 21 percent on Tuesday after it said the New York Stock Exchange denied approval of the listing of shares for a planned merger with anti-spyware company D-Vasive Inc.
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The issue took center stage Wednesday at the first in a series of House hearings focused on the company, with lawmakers grilling current and former U.S. officials on the potential risks that Kaspersky anti-virus software poses to federal information systems.
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Several legal experts pointed to a November 2018 decision by a federal appeals court rejecting a similar bill of attainder claim by Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab, whose anti-virus software was banned from U.S. government networks by legislation in 2017.
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"Tel Aviv is a high-tech epicentre built around internet security, anti-virus software and cyber-defence technologies, and Sweden is a nucleus for some of the best telecomms engineers, designers and computer scientists in the world," the Yo app founder said.
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In a crowded field—there are 18 presidential candidates running in the Libertarian race—Johnson's primary opponent is probably John McAfee, the anti-virus software pioneer who is back from his self-imposed exile in Belize, and apparently wants to run for president.
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Many industry experts are not sure, noting that at least in the publicly described version of events, it would be possible for an intelligence agency to co-opt most modern anti-virus software packages to scan for specific files without a company's knowledge.
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The Trump administration in September ordered civilian U.S. agencies to remove Kaspersky Lab from their networks, saying it was concerned the Moscow-based cyber security firm was vulnerable to Kremlin influence and that using its anti-virus software could jeopardize national security.
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Group IB's competitor, Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab, is in the spotlight after the United States last year ordered civilian government agencies to remove Kaspersky software from their networks, on the concerns that Russia exploits its anti-virus software to spy on customers.
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Wen Yunchao, a U.S.-based political dissident, noted on his Twitter account that Chen had worked for the Chinese military for seven years and later headed an anti-virus software company in a joint venture with connections to the Ministry of Public Security.
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In the letter of enquiry, which was published through an exchange filing, the Shanghai Stock Exchange asks how Qihoo 360 arrived at the conclusion that it controls 94.8 percent of China's PC anti-virus software market with monthly active users averaging over 500 million.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Wednesday told U.S. government agencies to remove Kaspersky Lab products from their networks, saying it was concerned the Moscow-based cyber security firm was vulnerable to Kremlin influence and that using its anti-virus software could jeopardize national security.
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Though the NSA wasn't one of those agencies—it has breached anti-virus software before, so it knows better—the list of departments that were using it included the State Department, Department of Defense, Department of Energy and the Army, Navy and Air Force.
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In a letter to departmental permanent secretaries, the director of the U.K. National Cyber Security Centre, Ciaran Martin, said Russian-made anti-virus software should not be used in systems containing information that would harm national security if it was accessed by the Russian government.
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In a letter to departmental permanent secretaries, the director of the UK National Cyber Security Centre, Ciaran Martin, said Russian-made anti-virus software should not be used in systems containing information that would harm national security if it was accessed by the Russian government.
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First National Bank of Omaha also announced Thursday it would end its business relationship with the gun group, which included issuing NRA-branded credit cards to members, and top cybersecurity group Symantec will no longer provide NRA members with discounts for its anti-virus software.
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Take it away, Alex Jones and John McAffee: McAfee, of course, is the dude who created the McAfee anti-virus software, and is also apparently trying to become the Libertarian Party presidential nominee; Jones is the famous conspiracy theorist who one time thought VICE predicted 9/11.
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John McAfee, anti-virus software founder, current presidential candidate, and one-time murder…Read more ReadAccording to recently filed court documents, however, Intel threatened to take legal action in June after learning of the planned name change—an alleged infringement of the "McAfee" trademark owned by Intel.
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Peskov was speaking after the Trump administration on Wednesday told U.S. government agencies to remove Kaspersky Lab products from their networks, saying it was concerned the Moscow-based cyber security firm was vulnerable to Kremlin influence and that using its anti-virus software could jeopardize national security.
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The Mac version is still getting updates The US government regularly puts out security alerts about specific software via its Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT), but the warnings are often more open-ended, advising people to use anti-virus software or keep on top of updates.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - MGT Capital Investments lost a third of its value on Wednesday, putting the brakes on a 1,000-percent surge in the fantasy sports company's shares that started eight days ago, when it announced flamboyant anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee as its chief executive.
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The Dutch decision follows a U.S. Department of Homeland Security ban on the use of Kaspersky software by the U.S. Federal government in 2017 It also follows a warning by Britain's National Cyber Security Centre for agencies and organizations not to use Russian anti-virus software if they were guarding classified information that the Kremlin could target.
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"In October 2017, we removed Kaspersky's anti-virus software from the list of products that we make available to these users," Facebook wrote in responses released by the panel from Facebook, Twitter and Alphabet's Google following the companies' congressional testimony last November about Russian attempts to use their platforms to spread disinformation during the 2016 U.S. election.
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"There are a lot of websites that are not even shipping a fake product, they're just taking money and running," says David DeMille, a security expert with A Secure Life, a website that offers advice about all aspects of personal security as well as reviews of products such as home security systems and anti-virus software.
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Bucking the trend, companies that directly or indirectly participated in Qihoo 360 Technology's privatisation scheme surged after the announcement of a Shanghai backdoor listing plan by the anti-virus software maker previously listed in the U.S. Companies seen benefiting from the Shanghai listing plan include Citic Guoan, Hunan TV & Broadcast Intermediary and Zhongnan Red Cultural Group .
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Israeli Intelligence Reportedly Watched Russia Use Kaspersky Anti-Virus as Hackers&apos &aposSearch Tool&aposFollowing a ban on Kaspersky Lab's anti-virus software for use by the US federal government, the…Read more ReadIn a blog post, Kaspersky Lab detailed the timeline of events that occurred in 2014, when its software picked up digital surveillance tools and uploaded them to servers in Moscow.
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The head of Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab confirmed that his company's anti-virus software copied hacking tools from the National Security Agency to its servers but promptly deleted them upon learning of their existence, per the AP. Why it matters: Kaspersky has been suspected of having ties to the Russian government — which the company denies — and it has come under scrutiny since the revelation of Russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential election, especially given the wide use of its popular anti-virus program in the United States.
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