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[–] [email protected] 65 points 7 months ago (47 children)

Kaspersky is just one piece of software to avoid. Others include:

  • Telegram
  • Avast AV
  • Anything from 360 Safe / Qihoo 360
  • Opera browser ... now owned by above
  • Zoom
  • FileZilla / UTorrent / other PUA that bundles adware and acts essentially as a trojan
[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (7 children)

Out of curiosity, why Telegram? (Im out of the loop on this one)

As for uTorrent, I’ve got version 2.2.1 and have never allowed it to update in the last decade or however long it’s been. I think that was the last version that didn’t allow any ads or otherwise and was simply a solid p2p client at the time.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Because Russians started it I guess?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If you forget everything else, it's basically an unencrypted chat where the company behind it can read all your messages.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I never cared about discord so I don't know, but I'd assume so, yes.

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