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Is there an antivirus company with NSA ties to report on Russian viruses ?
by zimbatm 12y ago
Is there an antivirus company with NSA ties to report on Russian viruses ?
- mschuster91 12y agoA dumpload of companies and media outlets immediately blaming NK for the Sony hacks. It's not Russia, but close enough.
- dsl 12y agoHere is the break down ordered by approximate market share descending and the "country of origin": * Microsoft - US * Avast - Czech Republic * AVG - Czech Republic * ESET - Slovakia * Symantec - US * Avira - Germany * Kaspersky - Russia * Malwarebytes - US * McAfee - US * COMODO - US * Bitdefender - Romania * Panda - Spain To be fair, Kaspersky does a pretty good job of reporting on even Russian originated banking trojans and the like.
- agumonkey 12y agoAnd now I'm wondering, why isn't there an nation agnostic open-source antivirus ? Oh, I almost forgot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clam_AntiVirus#Effectiveness https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clam_AntiVirus#Effectiveness But it's not famous enough...
- Sami_Lehtinen 12y agoF-Secure - Finland - https://www.f-secure.com/weblog/ https://www.f-secure.com/weblog/