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Kaspersky deletes itself, installs UltraAV antivirus without warning

by clwg on 9/24/24, 6:24 AM with 4 comments

• by Kelteseth on 9/24/24, 6:46 AM

  > 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.

  This why one should only use the build in Windows antivirus these days.

• by sam_goody on 9/24/24, 11:07 AM

  We can dream that shenanigans like this will push at least some users off of Windows

  Windows itself gets closer and closer to being "useful spyware" in each release

  ("Useful spyware" is the category of things like like Chrome , Windows, and some AVs - that provide a real utility in their quest to spy on you.)

• by chris_wot on 9/24/24, 10:32 AM

  Wtf? How can they even do this?