Kaspersky says Microsoft is disabling its anti-virus software in favor of 'inferior' Windows...

[vhfan]

Spare me the BS Microsoft , this is OUTRAGEOUS , Kaspersky is the best AV on the planet and also one of the least resource heavy you can get .

Windows 10 is a HORRIFIC OS and this BS is just another reason to never upgrade to it. I tried it for a few months and the more I used it the more I hated it , Win 7 is superior in every way.

Saying that MS is concerned about safety is as believable as saying the main stream media tells the truth about Trump , not even remotely believable.

Millions have new Kaspersky subscriptions so good luck with telling them that you think Defender is a serious competitor.

 

[Badvok]

If only Kaspersky would fix the hang-on-logon bug I'd install it. Until then I'll make do with Windows' own protection which is more than adequate (so long as you are careful about what you do on your PC).

 

[Glennie]

Actually Mr vhfan, have you looked into the recent treason and cyber-crime spying history surrounding Mr Eugene Kaspersky's Anti Virus company? Check out a couple of these links if you wish, I guess take it with a pinch of salt.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...ber-security-expert-amid-allegations-treason/
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...ity-kaspersky-has-close-ties-to-russian-spies
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...ity-kaspersky-has-close-ties-to-russian-spies
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-38755582
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-38755582
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/bus...s/news-story/35354e313eab7fc62b0a8ada1fc04991
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/bus...s/news-story/35354e313eab7fc62b0a8ada1fc04991
However, I personally have never trusted these costly antivirus products, such as Kaspersky, Norton, Trend, McAffee, etc basically because they are so invasive, they mess with the default Windows services running and disable some of them. In fact if you're interested in this privacy issue, have a look around online for a YuTube video I saw a few years ago which shows an ex-employee of Norton, voice and identity disguised, admitting that Norton write their own viruses. Surely this doesn't surprise anyone, based on the disgusting default Data Collection Service running within Windows 10, and many other ways we are being spied upon. I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but we have to face the facts, that our computer use is being watched, especially if you have a listen to Andrew Snowden's YuTube videos some time. I believe only in the company running Malware Bytes, and purchase their anti-malware software often because it's simple, efficient and non-obtrusive.
Also, have you ever tried to recover a lost password for Gmail or Outlook.com? I repair computers and recently had to to through this with a customer, together. The Microsoft people (via robotic online typed text) asked very private questions about his/our identity, not just the normal ones like, name, DOB, etc., but they wanted to know the names of the last 4 people he had sent emails to, the subjects of the emails, and, wait for this --- then they asked for the last 4 digits of his credit card !!!
Just a suggestion, but get rid of Kaspersky and the others after you've looked further into their practices, and buy yourself a copy of the latest Malware Bytes.
Hope this doesn't get me into trouble and I'm not part of the weird Anonymous sect, as shown in the tv series "Mr Robot".
I'm just a young 64 year old female computer freak and like checking out what's going in the Cyber world.
Cheers G.

 

[Puiu]

MS Defender works fine here. I have used it since ive had 10 pro, lil over 2 yrs. Before that, been using MSE, Microsoft Security Essentials. No issue with that either. Ive never had a issue with Microsofts anti viruses, ever.

If I'm not mistaken, wasn't there a article on TechSpot about the best anti viruses and while Defender I don't believe was included, Bitdefender and Kaspersky came out as the 2 best anti viruses.

yes, those 2 are indeed the best in terms of detection rates, but... this is a big but... Kaspersky is known to have other problems (performance, bugs, compatibility, etc)

the paid AV I trust the most is bitdefender, but I should note that for windows 10 I recommend not using a free AV other than built-in windows defender.

 

[alabama man]

" We reached out directly to Kaspersky a number of months ago offering to meet directly at an executive level"

Going to america is not an option to all. With all the security **** and the info they take on you when you enter I for one will never visit the country. As a russian I bet he would get even more scrutiny. And even if he went for that meeting he would probably just get some bribes to shut up about the problem.

 

[Kibaruk]

Let's have a conversation on topic, about which one is winning the pointless comments. Everyone is a winner so far...

Windows defender doesn't feel like it's there at all, so it's not resource hungry as others have said... the problem with it is that it used to be good, high detection rates until and all of a sudden really low detection rates.

The 3rd party "popular" antivirus -those that come with your computer- are the heavy ones that make your computer slow and offer you "full protection" in popups and stuff that you don't really need.

 

[Glennie]

I'm just tellin ya....check out those links I provided in my post, if you wanna find info on Kaspersky G

 

[Kibaruk]

MS Defender works fine here. I have used it since ive had 10 pro, lil over 2 yrs. Before that, been using MSE, Microsoft Security Essentials. No issue with that either. Ive never had a issue with Microsofts anti viruses, ever.

If I'm not mistaken, wasn't there a article on TechSpot about the best anti viruses and while Defender I don't believe was included, Bitdefender and Kaspersky came out as the 2 best anti viruses.

Of course I mean, if you know you don't have to download cracks or "free" software that otherwise wouldn't be free, not looking for russian porn, and certainly not opening files someone that you don't who it is sent you telling you've won the lottery or free amazon gift card awaiting for you... you could perfectly survive without any sort of antivirus.

 

[ChromeShine]

I think people are missing the bigger implications of this. It doesn't matter what kind of software it is, the fact that Microsoft can simply disable or remove it without YOUR permission is the core of this issue. Microsoft is dictating what is and isn't allowed to run without regard to user opinion, hence the justified cries of monopolistic practices, which to anyone who is familiar with Microsoft's history, shouldn't be much of a surprise.

You are free to switch to Linux, macOS or Chrome OS. Defender is not for profit - is standard protection, just like Apple and Linux have built-in protection.

 

[merikafyeah]

You are free to switch to Linux, macOS or Chrome OS. Defender is not for profit - is standard protection, just like Apple and Linux have built-in protection.

I don't need to switch operating systems. I use Windows 7 which grants me full control and does not allow Microsoft to undermine my decisions in any way. Every aspect of the operating system behaves exactly as I intend it to. MacOS would not give me this level of control, and ChromeOS is a joke compared to real desktop operating systems. Any GNU/Linux distro could give me control down to the kernel if I wanted but comes with the downside of not being able to run all the programs I need / want.

I don't use Kaspersky or Defender, but again the point is whatever program I choose, I would be pissed if I woke up one day and found out Microsoft disabled / removed it because that is an unexpected event, and I do not tolerate unexpected events in an operating system I use for my work.

 

[Capaill]

I have Kaspersky 10 on a work laptop (Win7) and a work VM and I'll say this: don't use it if you have less than 4GB of RAM - it's only useable from 8GB upwards. My VM grinds to a halt (over 90% cpu usage) for 2 hours every evening while the daily scan runs.
My personal PC has Win10 and I remember problems when I first updated to Win10 and tried to install Avast (my preferred AV for many years) including many BSODs. After I removed Avast and used Defender, the problems went away so I stayed with Defender. Also, Defender has fewer nag screens than Avast. I wouldn't completely trust Defender though so I would run MBAM if I ever suspected my PC had got infected. I also manually scan all downloads with MBAM before opening/running them.
I hope MS hasn't been intentionally creating instabilities with other AVs (wouldn't surprise me though) but Defender is ok AS LONG AS it's not your only line of defence.

 

[DaveBG]

That is why I do not use both of these bloatwares and have no issues. People that have "AntiVirus" usually get the most viruses.