With the revelation that Russian spies have been using the beleaguered Kaspersky anti-virus software for years to troll for secrets, the question is, should you uninstall it from your computer or is it safe to leave on your system.
My answer would be to uninstall it. Instructions on how to do that can be found here.
Here’s my logic. Despite the company’s repeated denials of any connection to the Russian government, it doesn’t make sense to have this potentially dangerous piece of software on any system that you own given what we now know. Now let me be clear, the chances are low that Russian spies are going to be targeting you. But why take that chance? Dump it and be safer.
Besides, there’s a ton of other AV software that’s out there. If you run Windows 10. For Windows 7, look at downloading Microsoft Security Essentials. If you run Windows 8 or later, you get Windows Defender as part of the OS. On the Mac side, macOS does come with rudimentary malware protection. But I tend to recommend Sophos Home For Mac as that is pretty lightweight and provides great protection.
Oh, by the way, all the above won’t cost you anything more than your time as they are all free.
The fact is that given what we now know about this situation, you have to assume the worst and protect yourself accordingly. Perhaps this is paranoia at work here. But these days you can never be too careful.
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Should You Uninstall Kaspersky From Your Computer?
With the revelation that Russian spies have been using the beleaguered Kaspersky anti-virus software for years to troll for secrets, the question is, should you uninstall it from your computer or is it safe to leave on your system.
My answer would be to uninstall it. Instructions on how to do that can be found here.
Here’s my logic. Despite the company’s repeated denials of any connection to the Russian government, it doesn’t make sense to have this potentially dangerous piece of software on any system that you own given what we now know. Now let me be clear, the chances are low that Russian spies are going to be targeting you. But why take that chance? Dump it and be safer.
Besides, there’s a ton of other AV software that’s out there. If you run Windows 10. For Windows 7, look at downloading Microsoft Security Essentials. If you run Windows 8 or later, you get Windows Defender as part of the OS. On the Mac side, macOS does come with rudimentary malware protection. But I tend to recommend Sophos Home For Mac as that is pretty lightweight and provides great protection.
Oh, by the way, all the above won’t cost you anything more than your time as they are all free.
The fact is that given what we now know about this situation, you have to assume the worst and protect yourself accordingly. Perhaps this is paranoia at work here. But these days you can never be too careful.
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