Kaspersky calls Google’s removal an “overinterpretation” of US restrictions Citing US restrictions, Google removed Kaspersky Lab’s antivirus software from the Play Store and terminated its developer account in the days leading up to the restrictions’ September 29th deadline, according to a Kaspersky blog post yesterday. The decision was “based on overinterpretation ofContinue Reading
AV-Comparatives, which is an anti-malware assessment firm, released its latest report recently comparing various popular anti-virus solutions on the market. Dubbed “Real-World Protection Test”, the evaluation was last done in February-March 2023 where Microsoft Defender had performed extremely well. It was conducted on a Windows 10 64-bit PC. The Real-WorldContinue Reading
The majority of antivirus software appears to be prevented by Adobe Acrobat from checking PDF files at startup, placing consumers at danger. Security experts at Minerva Labs were the ones who initially discovered the problem. According to BleepingComputer, Minerva observed Adobe Acrobat looking for DLL files from 30 security productsContinue Reading
McAfee’s extradition to the US on tax charges had been approved hours earlier The antivirus software entrepreneur John McAfee has been found dead in his cell in Spain from an apparent suicide, hours after the country’s highest court approved his extradition to the United States, where he was wanted on tax-related criminalContinue Reading