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[Richard Gaskin]

What model of router has the capacity to store all incoming and outgoing 
traffic?

What did you find when you monitored Kaspersky traffic with Wireshark?

I won't claim to have done the original research on this.  I provided 
multiple links to reasonably reputable sources so the reader can go 
beyond the headlines and decide for themselves.

For myself, when the intelligence agencies of at least three different 
nations are telling me to be wary of Kaspersky, and dozens of news 
articles from papers of record around the world provide details of 
relationships between Kaspersky staff and FSB agents, at a minimum I'm 
inclined to consider other brands for my AV needs.

--
  Richard Gaskin
  Fourth World Systems


Bob Sneidar wrote:

 > Not to venture off topic too far, but if Kaspersky products have been
 > communicating with outside entities and passing along information, the
 > real wonder is that there are no present indications in anyone's
 > router logs to indicate it is doing so. In fact there are entire
 > companies that thrive on looking for such compromises, as well as
 > competing companies which would make capital on any such evidence.
 > Intrusion Detection Systems all over the globe monitor for suspicious
 > activity. Many exploits have been discovered through these kinds of
 > systems. I have not heard of any which indicate that Kaspersky
 > products are compromising security.
 >
 > As Sherlock Holmes said to Watson on many occasions, "It is always a
 > mistake, my dear Watson, to guess. Invariably you will find yourself
 > attempting to fit the facts to your theories, instead of forming your
 > theories to fit the facts."
 >
 > Bob S
 >
 >
 >> On Jan 2, 2018, at 09:37 , Richard Gaskin via use-livecode 
<use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
 >>
 >> Rick Harrison wrote:
 >>
 >> > Never recommend Mac Keeper or Mac Cleaner as they
 >> > are considered to be Malware/Spyware/Annoyance-ware
 >> > and are difficult for some users to eradicate.
 >>
 >> Add Kaspersky to that list:
 >>
 >> UK cyber security chief warns government against using Kaspersky
 >> 
<https://www.engadget.com/2017/12/02/uk-cyber-security-kaspersky-warning/>
 >>
 >>
 >> Kaspersky Lab Antivirus Software Is Ordered Off U.S. Government 
Computers
 >> 
<https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/13/us/politics/kaspersky-lab-antivirus-federal-government.html>
 >>
 >>
 >> Israeli intelligence warned US of Russian spies using Kaspersky software
 >> <https://www.siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/kaspersky-russia-israel-nsa>
 >>
 >>
 >> Kaspersky Lab Has Been Working With Russian Intelligence
 >> 
<https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-11/kaspersky-lab-has-been-working-with-russian-intelligence>
 >>