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Glad you enjoyed it! It's definitely an interesting malware and I'm curious to see if the notoriety makes it easier to detect or if the developer will switch things up.

@exploitbrokers I think they're smarter than allowing it to be defeated with signatures. We shall see in time!

Time will tell for sure!

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Thank you bro, glad you enjoyed it!

Encryption is what we need. Apps like Signal are definitely a step in the right direction. Welcome to the channel!

@@exploitbrokers the issue is - EU is trying to undermine the encryption for almost (EU ministers and MEPs, and law enforcement will be exempt, go figure) everyone. It's a pet project of Ylva; being from Sweden she never experienced what what STASI was, so she is oblivious to the dangers.

I'll need to dive more into what Ylva is doing. Thanks for the heads up. Any time the government does "rules for thee but not for me" chaos follows.

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Thank you!

This affects US based customers. If it didn't uninstall there is a very real chance an error happened or you didn't have the version with that capability. If that's the case you will probably not receive any more definition updates and be vulnerable. There are a couple things that can happen. If you're in the US I'd just find an alternative option for now. If you're outside the US then you shouldn't be affected.

@@exploitbrokers I USE A VPN

That's what they should have done. it's good that they found a replacement but bad they didn't give an option.

They have no right to consent for me

Russia pissed off Israel bigtime in 2016 so they have been added to the chopping block and its backfiring epically

@@disconductorder Yep. This entire thing is political. I wound up assisting the Kaspersky Dev's with a weird issue with the Kaspersky Anti Ransomware Tool (KART) a while back. I was so impressed with the quality of their support. I'm sticking with them until I cannot.

I agree, that they were a good option in the market that got affected by the political climate. We can only wait and see what is going to happen further along the line. The structure of certain countries puts them in a position to be able to "request" a company or entity to exfiltrate data etc.

From what I can find, Sept 29 2024 is when no updates, support, downloads etc will take effect. I'm curious if products that weren't replaced will either degrade or stop getting new information. If the Endpoint Security solution does not have the same capability to uninstall itself then it may simply degrade in performance as no new data can update it or if it might just shutdown.

I suspected the same thing you did

This was more of a forced move than an outright scam. Kaspersky was doing business legitimately for quite a while but under the political pressure they were banned by the US.

Your government is the scam

Yeah, Ultimately it was good they found a way to not leave customers high and dry but the forced installation is a bit much.

The problem is that the new company is still connected to Kaspersky. I would just remove it and go with an entirely different company.

Might as well uninstall malware too then they have nothing to worry about. The point is on your computer you choose what runs or doesn't run. Not someone else.

So they did good by finding a replacement but the issue is the users weren't given the option to install the replacement or not. Definitely good that they found a replacement but bad that no option was given.

@exploitbrokers Some innocent people did not get a notice yesterday when Israel bombed Beirut and died. I hear you're making content but it's not that deep.

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There is a lot that doesn't get publicly published so a lot of it, especially in certain industries has a lot of "backroom deal" feel to it

I lump Kapersky with Norton, Macafee and all the other crap that didn't have any street cred till a shifty deal had them pre-installed on the boxstore brands, and began to erode the privacy and sovernity of computer users so many years ago.

I don't have much experience with fprot. Based on what I have heard they are solid for known common viruses but not the best against newer malware etc. I can't say definitively as my experience and knowledge of them is not there.

Attention problems are on your side.

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@@lusa3002 These are multiple flashing colors. The real problems are on your side defending this mediocrity

It is more a forced move than bait and switch. The US ban on Kaspersky and other entities is only going to continue to cause more companies to have to leave the market in one form or another.

If you uninstall Antivirus usually Windows Defender will step in (or at least you could reactivate it during uninstall). Defender is good enough to protect your windows... so they would not have had to install a different tool.

@ThorDyrden it doesn't mirror the feature set AFAIK. They left the system in a similarly protected state, is what I would argue in their place.

I can't even imagine the fallout MSPs are having with this. Hopefully they have good tooling to remediate any problems they encounter. I figure some MSPs will be better equipped and staffed than others.

Glad to hear you didn't have major issues. I haven't heard anyone being given an option to have UltraAV not be installed. Did you ever receive anything like that?

@@exploitbrokers No It just Unistalled Kaspersky while I was on and then had Ultra AV. Just Random like everyone else is saying.

Thanks for confirming, yeah I haven't heard anything like that which is what I found strange. Not giving users an option sounds unusual.

I would still consider having some kind of AV but depending on usage it may not be necessary. Be cautious for sure and best wishes!

"Haven't had a virus in years", that's called a delusion. How would you know if you only use the built in Windows scanner? Atleast get some software you can manually run.

..or so you think

I test about once a year, with eset oline scanner. Never found a thing. It comes down to what you do with your online activities. Test yourself. Remove all that crap, check in one month. Use the software for a month, check. You may find what I did.

@TimNobody-kx9ol you should figure out what 0-day vulnerabilities are.

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Yeah it's not something I normally see lol, glad you enjoyed the video!

slava ukraine and stuff.

Sometimes the best way to get away is to go analog!

Well, by this logic I should hate USA. Apple, Google, Microsoft, Adobe, Amazon and so on are american (and let's not talk about CIA, NSA and God knows what more).

Hating a country doesn't make things go away. It's the institution or the market that is usually the problem not the country. Sometimes countries or governments are complacent because of several factors but it's a very nuanced thing most of the time. There are always exceptions but in general the people of a country aren't the issue but a handful of entities that are causing the trouble.

So although your data is out there, there are ways to help protect against issues. Giving over all rights to government is not the way I would opt to go. Ultimately it's better to have more control in your own hands for most things. I can understand your frustration with the data breaches and leaks. It's best to stay vigilant but also good to remember that the government isn't always available to help the individual. It's an individual's autonomy that should help shape the world. There are tools to help monitor and lock down one's social and other items. Insurance that should help when it goes wrong. Thanks for checking out the video and giving your thoughts. Public discussion is always appreciated!

@@exploitbrokers just governments won't ask you whether you want to give them your data or not. They will create conditions that they will get access to your data, with or without your approval. And whoever wants to fight it by software or hardware, might face prosecution, like the Telegram creator. This is the world we are going to live in. A lot of our life is digitalised and so will look the laws and practices, with the security of majority being a priority. To prevent oppressive regime taking reign, educate yourself, educate others, and vote the right way. Just recently, the supposed epitome of liberties, Tories in Britain, wanted to cancel a number of laws regarding human rights, including the right to potest. Be vigilant, the autocrats can come from any side.

Now i make disk images before I touch them for any reason

It's something I think isn't considered is what happens to devices that are infected and enter the secondary market. That's interesting to hear. Great idea making disk images in case you need to view stuff later.

So in this case they're pulling away because if their methodology and techniques get exposed it makes it easier for adversarial entities to evade detection by Apple. In this case they're protecting their assets to continue being able to use existing methods to detect exploits. They could definitely be better about bugs and vulnerabilities and how they react to bugs and vulnerabilities but in this case it seems to be a step toward keeping devices secure.

@@exploitbrokers I stay corrected, thank you!

Always good to stay questioning! Thanks for checking out the video!

@@wolcekI think you mean you stand corrected.

@@williamp6800 And now I do.

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That's interesting to know, appreciate it. I had done a quick lookup but wasn't sure of the extent of their Cooperation.