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Some Americans are still using Kaspersky’s antivirus despite US government ban
Not everyone in the U.S. has given up on the Russian-made antivirus. Some Americans have found ways to get around the ban and are still using Kaspersky’s antivirus.
Avi Fleischer, a long-time Kaspersky user who lives in Brooklyn, NY, told TechCrunch that he is also still using the software on his home computer. Fleischer explained that once the ban came into full effect, the “Kaspersky Security Network” — a service “designed to receive and process complex global cyberthreat data” — became unavailable, but he was able to still get updates for virus definitions by pointing the update server to one outside the United States. Domingothegamer, a Reddit user who sought help on the website when they couldn’t update their Kaspersky software, said that they still have a three-year license, with two years left, for 10 devices.
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