[daniellarusso]

I used to work for an MSP and we had used Kaseya.

There was an AV integration, and then Kaseya changed to Kaspersky. I don’t remember what the prior AV software was.

I always thought it bizarre we were actively installing AV software from Russia on banking and medical office PCs.

[mjevans]

That has been a consideration in the AV software I recommend to friends, family, and professionally as an informal part of my threat assessment model.

I viewed it as safer to buy products from anywhere other than someone that has ANY potential at all to go to war with the government of the country I live and work in. I really hope it never happens, but 'cold war' tensions might be waged with little cyber attacks and that software came to mind as a risk.

[SV_BubbleTime]

On the other hand… Kaspersky software isn’t shit. And I expect they catch a few things other US based companies might be incentivized or politely asked to look the other way on.

I wouldn’t run K, but I know from experience it’s actually effective.

[viraptor]

Two more things to consider:

- Can you articulate specific reasons to buy anything beyond the default windows defender?

- If anyone went to an actual war with the US, would the source of your antivirus software get even close to top 5000 things you care about at that point...