“You hope your antivirus product is on your side. You can assume that malware is not. But the similarities are striking”

Now that the US government has banned Russian software, should you do the same? Plus Jon’s take on Microsoft repeating history with Recall

The US government has decided to take terminal action against Kaspersky, that well-known supplier of antivirus and other related security software. The writing has been on the wall for a while: a few years ago, it banned use of Kaspersky software on government computers. But now it has issued a ruling that it can’t be sold at all to new customers after 20 July, and that it won’t be allowed to issue updates and antivirus signatures after midnight on 29 September 2024. Which means, of course, that its effectiveness as protection will quickly fade away because much of the risk comes from new and emerging malware. Existing customers won’t be banned from continuing to use the software after that date, but it would probably be unwise. Why has the USA done this? Well,…

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