Uninstall Your Kaspersky Software Now

Earlier this year in a public hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Senator Marco Rubio offered an odd, out of the ballpark, question on whether or not the heads of the different intelligence and law enforcement agencies used Kaspersky Labs' products. At the time, it wasn't clear whether this was an unfounded implication that the Russian government was directly involved with Kaspersky Labs or based on an undeveloped suspicion.

We now have an answer. Per Bloomberg Businessweek:

"While the U.S. government hasn’t disclosed any evidence of the ties, internal company emails obtained by Bloomberg Businessweek show that Kaspersky Lab has maintained a much closer working relationship with Russia’s main intelligence agency, the FSB, than it has publicly admitted. It has developed security technology at the spy agency’s behest and worked on joint projects the CEO knew would be embarrassing if made public."

 I didn't think Kaspersky would make such a poor business decision, but it appears I was wrong. With zero doubt, I urge you to uninstall all of your Kaspersky products. There are many others out there, equal or better, including Bitdefender.

It is not just that they're working with the FSB but that by doing so they've been compromised, such that they can be blackmailed into doing anything the FSB wants.