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Eset, F-Secure, G-Data, Bitdefender and Tg Soft. Here are some European companies producing alternative antivirus to Kaspersky software
The Russian antivirus Kaspersky is in the crosshairs of the cybersecurity and privacy authorities in Italy.
On March 18, "the Guarantor for the protection of personal data opened an investigation to assess the potential risks relating to the processing of personal data of Italian customers carried out by the Russian company that supplies the Kaspersky antivirus software".
The initiative – the Authority explained in a statement – "was necessary in relation to the war events in Ukraine, in order to investigate the alarms launched by numerous Italian and European bodies specialized in IT security on the possible use of that product for cyber attacks against Italian users ".
The reference is to the alarm launched by the National Cybersecurity Agency , according to which it is "appropriate to consider the security implications deriving from the use of information technologies provided by companies linked to the Russian Federation".
From Palazzo Chigi to the Ministry of Defense, from the Ministry of Justice to the Ministry of the Interior – Department of Public Security, the Kaspersky antivirus is currently installed on all the main IT systems of Italian institutions.
But soon the PA could replace it: the Consip niet outlines a scenario of this kind.
In fact, the law is on its way, announced at the beginning of the week by the undersecretary with responsibility for cybersecurity Gabriell I, with which the Government will allocate funds to the PA to purchase a new software (and thus replace the Kaspersky one).
And rival companies are celebrating.
All the details on European antivirus products, possible alternatives to Kaspersky.
ESET'S NOD32 ANTIVIRUS
Among the alternatives for antivirus software we find NOD32, made by the Slovak company Eset. It is an antivirus for Windows PC (there is also a version for Mac)
THE GERMAN G-DATA
Then there are the solutions proposed by G Data, a company that produces software in the field of information security with headquarters in Bochum, Germany.
THE OTHER GERMAN AVIRA
Then there is the German company Avira, owned by Norton LifeLock, the company that also manufactures the Norton 360 range of security software. However, Norton has not renamed the software products that remain Avira.
THE FINNISH F-SECURE
Also European is the F-Secure Corporation, a cybersecurity and privacy company based in Helsinki, Finland.
The company develops and sells antivirus, password management, endpoint security, consulting services, and other cybersecurity products and services. Such as F-Secure Total, which is for both Windows PC and Mac.
THE ROMANIAN BITDEFENDER
Finally, there is also an Italian solution: Vir.it created by Tg Soft. The latter is a Venetian software house (based in Rubano) specialized in the creation of antiviral and antimalware solutions from the Vir.IT line.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/innovazione/kaspersky-le-societa-che-gongolano-per-il-niet-in-arrivo-per-antivirus-russo/ on Mon, 21 Mar 2022 07:38:39 +0000.