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Antivirus Vendors Headed for Court

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the yeah-good-luck-with-that dept.

SkiifGeek writes "A showdown between Rising Tech, a Chinese Antivirus vendor, and Kaspersky Lab in a Chinese court could have implications for software vendors that misidentify system files and files from their competitors as being malicious."

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  1. It Could Be Rising Tech Really Is Malicious by NeverVotedBush · · Score: 5, Informative

    China and Russia both are big time into state-sponsored computer/network infiltration. In a country like China, it wouldn't be surprising at all that the government would co-opt companies - especially anti-virus companies - to make them help the Chinese government open back doors, exfiltrate data, etc.

    The very last piece of software I would ever install on my own computers would be a Chinese or Russian anti-virus package. Sure, it may finger other viruses, but it might also allow free access to the "right" people.

    I know this sounds somewhat like tinfoil hat territory, but the SANS organization is frequently publishing articles about state-sponsored hacking/attacks. Why give them an easy pass? A perfect easy pass to use your system in electronic warfare against any country - especially the USA? It is at least something to be aware of and to consider.

    Rising Star antivirus? Who's star is rising? China's? And by what means?