>>>This sort of thing erodes trust, which is getting as rare as hen's teeth in the computing business these days.
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>>And now for the next clown act: "Russian antivirus firm (Kaspersky) faked malware to harm rivals"
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>>http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/14/us-kaspersky-rivals-idUSKCN0QJ1CR20150814
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>Nice way to distract from own failures and discredit competitors.
>That's the company lately claiming to be hijacked by US agencies? Must be coincidence ...
>Just ask the NSY they should have the documents.

If they are doing it then I'm pretty sure other AV vendors are too. It has become endemic in the IT world to "cheat" under the guise of "features" and "customer experience improvement".

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