That lack of user interaction — or request for consent — is what confused and concerned some former Kaspersky customers.

Kaspersky deleted its anti-malware software from computers across the United States and replaced it with UltraAV's antivirus ...

Kaspersky antivirus software automatically deletes itself from U.S. users' computers and installs UltraAV without warning.

After U.S. ban, Kaspersky's American customers were automatically migrated to UltraAV antivirus, in some cases without the ...

Last week, users of Kaspersky anti-virus software found that the software had been uninstalled from their computers and that ...

To prevent Kaspersky from blocking a given application, you should add that application to an exclusion rule. Exclusion rules are lists of system objects that are exempt from Kaspersky's scans.

Though Kaspersky said it emailed people about the automated change to a new product, some customers say they were surprised by the move.

In September 2024, many users were surprised to see a new antivirus program, UltraAV, on their computers without any warning.

Some US Kaspersky security users got a big surprise when their protection was suddenly replaced by UltraAV due to a ...

“[Customers are] thinking, ‘Well, if I’ve chosen Kaspersky, is my boss going to fire me if something happens?’ Just the optics right now, it’s troubling,” said one solution provider ...

Many US users are voicing concerns over the silent, forced transition from Kaspersky’s security products to UltraAV.

Kaspersky, the prominent Russian cybersecurity firm, began a significant transition by uninstalling its antivirus software ...