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Kaspersky deletes itself, installs UltraAV antivirus without warning (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

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Starting Thursday, Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky deleted its anti-malware software from customers' computers across the United States and automatically replaced it with UltraAV's antivirus solution.

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[-] matengor@lemmy.ml 52 points 1 month ago

"I woke up and saw this new antivirus system on my desktop and I tried opening kaspersky but it was gone. So I had to look up what happened because I was literally having a mini heart attack that my desktop somehow had a virus which uninstalled kaspersky somehow," one user said.

To make things worse, while some users could uninstall UltraAV using the software’s uninstaller, those who tried removing it using uninstall apps saw it reinstalled after a reboot, causing further concerns about a potential malware infection.

Oh my!

[-] SupraMario@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

That they thought Kaspersky wasnt malware....

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