Kaspersky website hacked

http://hackersblog.org/2009/02/07/usakas...

Oh dear.

I think I'd believe it more if it was reported on a reputable source like The Register, and not on some spotty hacker's blog. All the "proof" posted there would be quite easy to create with some image editing software.

The Register >>> Link

Thats a set back.

It was posted on the register - I posted the more detailed link.

Now that's not good ! One would hope that a company trading in security software would be able to secure its own site. I think it's going to be Eset for me when the subs run out

Edited by deleted (Mon 09-Feb-09 22:15:18)

Changed your tune haven't you!

And me.

In reply to a post by Pipexer:

Changed your tune haven't you!

No, but I don't trust "news" from unreliable sources. Once it had been confirmed, I readily accepted it. What's your problem ?

In reply to a post by zebedeee:

Now that's not good !
One would hope that a company trading in security software would be able to secure its own site.
I think it's going to be Eset for me when the subs run out

Yes me too

I did try Kaspersky AV a while ago (on my second PC) but ditched it as it insisted that I uninstall SpyBot which I've been using for years with no problems!

to be fair, as much as kaspersky is slightly bloated (imho), spybot is as good as a chocolate fireguard for the most part.

In reply to a post by Pipexer:

to be fair, as much as kaspersky is slightly bloated (imho), spybot is as good as a chocolate fireguard for the most part.

So you would say ditch it then and rely on NOD32 and Windows Defender then?

In reply to a post by CurlyWhirly:

In reply to a post by Pipexer:

to be fair, as much as kaspersky is slightly bloated (imho), spybot is as good as a chocolate fireguard for the most part.

So you would say ditch it then and rely on NOD32 and Windows Defender then?

It depends what you need to "rely" on it for, I really do not think you need active/real-time antispyware, you only need to run it when you actually get it, if it's hidden in the background, it's not spyware.

Spybot just cant keep up with modern spyware antics, all it does now is seem to detect spyware cookies. If you get any AV2009 variants, spybot will certainly not be able to deal with it.

You should give sunbelt vipre a try, afaik it is the only AV product which actually combines true antispyware and antivirus in the same engine (not just lopped on the side). It deals with every peice of malware, so eliminates the need for seperate programs. The antispyware it was built on is probably the best on the market too, it is not just some added definitions or feature sets which some of the other AV companies have done (on par with superantispyware). It also can remove them properly too.

If you do not trust sunbelt vipre as your AV solution, and still feel you need a good AV, look into it's antispyware solution as a standalone (it has the same engine as it's AV except doesen't recieve virus definitions - you will need to disable its active protection if you are running it alongside NOD32 though - but thats no problem).

Oh, and it's also *the* most lightweight on resources!

Poor Kaspersky.... never mind, I ditched them after 6mths. Fed up with blotware, incompatablility with PSE5 and moderators on the forum who were none to helpful, that might explain why the Hacker didn't get a response on the forums!

You won't find many people agree with you that Kaspersky is bloated slightly on here (apart from me).

Most security software companies annoy me tbh, always fobbing you off with excuses or FUD marketing. Sunbelt is an exception to that though, I can't rate their products or support highly enough. Support will put you through to the developers of the part of the software you are having trouble with, if needs be!

You won't find many people agree with you that Kaspersky is bloated slightly on here (apart from me).

As a matter of interest, (and don't take my question as antagonistic)
at what level do security suites become bloated?
I'm using Kaspersky7 till it runs out in another few months and then ???

In reply to a post by Apprentice:

You won't find many people agree with you that Kaspersky is bloated slightly on here (apart from me).

As a matter of interest, (and don't take my question as antagonistic)
at what level do security suites become bloated?
I'm using Kaspersky7 till it runs out in another few months and then ???

I find Kaspersky is a bit bloated in the fact, and I know this is petty, but on the XP login screen, a little kaspersky icon is put in the corner, the GUI is also a bit of a whingebag with its high baloon popups, they also seem to be swaying more towards FUD marketing than they previously did. iirc there was another reason I had, but it's late and I have forgotten what it was which niggled me last time I encountered it

I think, in hindsight, bloated might be the wrong word in a way. The product also seems to use more resources than the previous versions, iirc (imho), v4 was good, but when they released v5, the program started to impact performance more than it used to. The reason for this is probably due to all the bolted on functionality offered by it.

I said this a few months ago (and some asked me to provide proof which I don't have on hand) but I have seen posts of quite a few people fall out with Kaspersky because of its more heavy resource usage in the later versions.

Aside from that though, compared to the likes of Norton and McAfee, good luck to them.

I'm using Kaspersky7 till it runs out in another few months and then ???

I better not say it again otherwise i'll sound like a sales pitch, scroll up

Edited by Pipexer (Wed 11-Feb-09 22:59:00)

Thanks for the input

In reply to a post by CurlyWhirly:

In reply to a post by Pipexer:

to be fair, as much as kaspersky is slightly bloated (imho), spybot is as good as a chocolate fireguard for the most part.

So you would say ditch it then and rely on NOD32 and Windows Defender then?

Eset do packages which include firewalls too.

http://www.eset.co.uk/Products/SmartSecu...

In reply to a post by Pipexer:

It depends what you need to "rely" on it for, I really do not think you need active/real-time antispyware, you only need to run it when you actually get it, if it's hidden in the background, it's not spyware.

Spybot just cant keep up with modern spyware antics, all it does now is seem to detect spyware cookies. If you get any AV2009 variants, spybot will certainly not be able to deal with it.

You should give sunbelt vipre a try, afaik it is the only AV product which actually combines true antispyware and antivirus in the same engine (not just lopped on the side). It deals with every peice of malware, so eliminates the need for seperate programs. The antispyware it was built on is probably the best on the market too, it is not just some added definitions or feature sets which some of the other AV companies have done (on par with superantispyware). It also can remove them properly too.

If you do not trust sunbelt vipre as your AV solution, and still feel you need a good AV, look into it's antispyware solution as a standalone (it has the same engine as it's AV except doesen't recieve virus definitions - you will need to disable its active protection if you are running it alongside NOD32 though - but thats no problem).

Oh, and it's also *the* most lightweight on resources!

Thanks, I'll have to take a look at Sunbelt Vipre.

In reply to a post by zebedeee:

Eset do packages which include firewalls too.

http://www.eset.co.uk/Products/SmartSecu...

It's expensive though isn't it?

It's £39.10 a year and NOD32 A/V already has some spyware and stealth capabilities.

In reply to a post by CurlyWhirly:

In reply to a post by zebedeee:

Eset do packages which include firewalls too.

http://www.eset.co.uk/Products/SmartSecu...

It's expensive though isn't it?

It's £39.10 a year and NOD32 A/V already has some spyware and stealth capabilities.

It depends on how much you value your security, I suppose.

75p a week doesn't sound like much to me.

Renewals are cheaper too.

Cheaper still if you have more than one PC, and buy a multi-user licence.

Now that box is ticked who's next on the GNU hackers list?

In reply to a post by Apprentice:

Now that box is ticked who's next on the GNU hackers list?

i'd imagine a lot of AV company web depts. have been working overtime this week ensuring everything is as secure as possible

Like they say "it's an ill wind etc etc"

My KIS7 expires in May, maybe time for a change ....... who knows?

I'm on a free trial of Vipre that also includes what was was Kerio Personal Firewall - now Sunbelt Personal Firewall.
Vipre is very fast & gets updated at least once a day. One feature I find very useful is that schedules can be set to wake XP from standby mode. The firewall is one of the best according to some but I preferred the ESET version, in particular, its ability to temporally allow connections without creating a rule. It's a good idea to clean out the firewall list of entries for long deleted s/w!

vipre doesen't include the personal firewall - it will do soon though.

"Vipre is very fast & gets updated at least once a day."

It really doesn't matter whether an AV program gets updated once, twice or three times a day - viruses can exist "in the wild" for days and sometimes weeks before they appear on any virus databases. So, the efficiency of the heuristic detection of the AV program is just as important, if not more so.

Be sure to advise us when it happens.

In reply to a post by zebedeee:

"Vipre is very fast & gets updated at least once a day."

It really doesn't matter whether an AV program gets updated once, twice or three times a day - viruses can exist "in the wild" for days and sometimes weeks before they appear on any virus databases. So, the efficiency of the heuristic detection of the AV program is just as important, if not more so.

I would agree with you there, most of them use the update frequency as a USP, they could all push out definitions as soon as they have found them (which would be at random intervals) without much extra work, though most decide to wait a day cycle and push out a couple at once.