Kaspersky uninstalled itself and now I have "UltraAV". Is it any good?

[Mockingbird]

On 23/09/2024 at 19:44, Good Bot, Bad Bot said:

My bad... Misread a comment from you that it auto installed. You uninstalled it right?

...in the process of

I had Kaspersky on multiple PCs and UltraAV installed itself on all of them

[+Good Bot, Bad Bot Subscriber¹]

On 23/09/2024 at 22:54, Mockingbird said:

...in the process of

I had Kaspersky on multiple PCs and UltraAV installed itself on all of them

That is just crazy... I would be so ######.

[notta]

I would imagine this is not going to fly. I don't think the problem was the product. The problem is the company. Installing "another" product that is still run by the same company, even though it is labeled as being in the US, still has the same problem. What an insult to even try this. Right there that says to me they want to really keep their hooks into these machines, so I would be wiping that system immediately.

[goretsky Supervisor]

On 24/09/2024 at 11:52, notta said:

I would imagine this is not going to fly. I don't think the problem was the product. The problem is the company. Installing "another" product that is still run by the same company, even though it is labeled as being in the US, still has the same problem. What an insult to even try this. Right there that says to me they want to really keep their hooks into these machines, so I would be wiping that system immediately.

Hello,

The UltraAV software appears to be an OEM version of Max Secure, which is headquartered in India.  They are not, as far as I know, the same company as Kaspersky Lab.  The UltraAV company states that it is owned by the Pango Group, though its Anchorfree, LLC subsidiary, according to <https://ultrasecureav.com/privacy>.  Anchorfree, LLC lists a Boston, MA address in that privacy policy.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky
 

[Carlisle R.]

On 24/09/2024 at 20:36, goretsky said:

The UltraAV software appears to be an OEM version of Max Secure, which is headquartered in India.  They are not, as far as I know, the same company as Kaspersky Lab.

I think you are right; I can't find it now but in another forum there was a guy that mentioned the same based on the names it gave to some malware samples it recognized.

There were things this UltraAV wouldn't act upon, and while Kaspersky didn't recognize some either (name them appropriately), it didn't allow them to execute flagging them based on heuristics; both used different naming schemes for detections.

[Mockingbird]

On 23/09/2024 at 20:14, Good Bot, Bad Bot said:

That is just crazy... I would be so ######.

I have Kaspersky licensed for 20 PCs.

Some of those PCs, I don't have immediate access to.

[Jolo]

For your own good, please format your computer, clean reinstall Windows and forget about this “software”.

[hellowalkman Reporter]

Statement from UltraAV regarding this: https://www.neowin.net/news/ultraav-says-kaspersky-users-were-moved-over-for-their-own-good-and-they-knew-it-was-coming/