Many people are somewhat rightly, concerned by recent global events and the repercussions it can have on their IT.
Headlines like this are prompting people to react:
More must reconsider Russian anti-virus software use, UK warns
The National Cyber Security Centre has said more organisations should reconsider the risk of using Russian technology, including anti-virus software.
Whilst no link has ever been found the UK's National Cyber Security Centre’s Ian Levy wrote: "We have no evidence that the Russian state intends to suborn Russian commercial products and services to cause damage to UK interests, but the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence."
"It almost certainly remains the case that nearly all individuals in the UK (and many enterprises) are not going to be targeted by Russian cyber-attack, regardless of whether they use Russian products and services" Mr Levy wrote.
"If your personal laptop uses Kaspersky AV (or other products) it's highly unlikely to be directly targeted...it's safe to turn on and use at the moment."
Now what?
However, we have been getting many requests to remove Kaspersky security products and replace them with alternatives.
Some of the better alternatives to consider are Norton, F-Secure and Bitdefender.
You may find that your internet service provider also provides you with free anti-virus software which helps to keep the costs down but like most free products, it doesn’t include anything more than a basic package and some free products have a very high nag factor. They are frequently prompting you to “resolve” something which is just another way of saying “pay up and get the full package”.
We currently recommend using Norton or Bitdefender, both of which we have in stock at reasonable prices.
