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https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/above-my-pay-grade.html
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Agreed!
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We've had similar issues but it was with McAfee. Uninstalled McAfee and it took us three days to get the production line back to full capacity. And that was with a CORPORATE version of McAfee!
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If you can get to a working XP (manual driver install!, I personally never use drivers from "Windows Update"), use DriverGrabber (hosted at Major Geeks) then slipstream the "captured" driver folder onto your ISO using nLite.
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Agreed! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
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Only on Win7 and Vista. Win10 works for me.
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"EU-Divide" is political ??? ??? ??? At any rate, <font size = gigantic> AGREED </font>
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What v95 engine? I recall seeing a v114 engine but it was way too much Chinese to undertake a translation project, not when Official Ungoogled Chromium performs faster with the small number of tests I did run.
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Please INSTALL Kaspersky BEFORE we continue this TALKING IN CIRCLES CHARADE. The only telemetry is an injected script that Kaspersky's own SETTINGS allow you to TURN OFF. @AstroSkipper - is this the intent of this thread? to just "wear down" any and all that have a different opinion? Germany vs Italy? "we will win all arguments with those that disagree with us by making it totally EXHAUSTING for opposing views to present their case." I'm done. NOT WORTH MY TIME. I do like Panda. Not enough to actually start using it on anything but a spare laptop. Hope the thread becomes USEFUL to SOMEBODY. But no, NOT TO ME. Not if it's just going to be a "EU-Divide" and two boxers returning to their corner when the bell rings. Only to jump into the center and dance around in circles while they PUMMEL each other. Ding ding. The bell has rung.
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I use Comodo Firewall Pro version 2.4.18.184. Though I am unsure if the install file is still available on respectable download sites, so unsure if this is a candidate for discussion in this thread.
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Only when installing new programs and monitoring network traffic.
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@Dixel - I really think you are "intentionally" missing the point. The Kaspersky CVE Report pertains to a Unique ID String. Period. Nothing more, nothing less. That unique ID string is NOT buried inside a .dll that requires mods to remove. The .dll installed on your computer is identical to the .dll installed on my computer. My unique ID string is not the same as your unique ID string. I am not part of the Anti Kaspersky Agenda. My directives are not being blinded by that Agenda. Kaspersky did send a unique ID string and it was introduced in the fall of 2015. Kaspersky removed that unique ID string in June of 2019. Non-evasive (no modding) methods to prevent this were common knowledge in 2016. There is a setting right there in the Kaspersky GUI to disable this behavior. In Kaspersky 2016, it was in Settings -> Additional -> Network -> Inject scripts into web traffic to interact with web pages People that install with "defaults" would never see this - us here at MSFN are smarter than that, I would hope. uMatrix removes that "injection". I will verify but I have to assume that everybody's beloved uBO also removes it. I have Kasperky INSTALLED. Perhaps any and all discussions pertaining to Kaspersky should be limited to THOSE THAT HAVE IT INSTALLED? I'm done. Stick a fork in me.
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At the moment, I am comparing Kaspersky and Panda. It will be a couple days of truly USING EACH before I weigh in any views of either. edit - I'm only testing on an x86 XP era-correct laptop, not my workhorse x64 XP desktop which is era-correct but only if you consider Microsofts "downgrade trade-in" for Win7 to XP era-correct.
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The EU is divided on this. So too will MSFN Members be divided. This thread should not be about the loudest squeaking wheel getting the oil. It's an international forum not tied to any specific Government Agency's "perspective". When we (any one of us) act like it is, that is where POLITICS enter the picture and we need to AVOID that. PLEASE.
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Thanks. That's all I ask.
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I submit that you should also consider this perspective - if, and again a big IF, but if I find "unique ID strings" in *ALL* of the security programs of this thread, does that mean that the entire thread should be shut down? I'm not claiming that they exist. But I do know that *ALL* anti-virus programs manufacturers have been "slapped on the wrist" throughout the many decades I have used computers for whether or not their "data mining" crossed the line on Privacy Rights.
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Noted. And in that thread, you wrote this -- "where I was even courteous enough to provide a very rare installer for Kaspersky Free Antivirus 2019, which I had previously cleaned and thus decontaminated" So are we allowing MODDED versions or not? Because Kaspersky CAN be MODDED to be "safe and secure" and NO LONGER a concern with identifier strings. That is the angle I am coming from. I have not tested yet, all I've done thus far is create 4 partitions and installed XP *three times* so I have TIME INVESTED. IF, and it's a big IF, but IF Kaspersky (after removing telemetry and Unique ID String) is lean and mean compared to AVG, Avast, McAfee, Norton, MalwareBytes, then WE MUST consider it as the "superior" alternative for OLD HARDWARE. Again, a big IF, but if an XP installed with Kaspersky "idles" at 5% CPU utilization and 15% RAM utilization where an XP installed with McAfee "idles" at 20% CPU utilization and 40% RAM utilization, then who in their right mind would use McAfee. Purely hypothetically percentages at this stage.
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That's fair! Though I request additional clarity. Is your objection to Kaspersky SOLELY based on the CVE Report? Because if so, that report is about the UNIQUE ID STRING. Something that Avast and AVG and you-name-it have also been "slapped on the wrist" with CVE Reports.
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That's valid. Although a simple HOSTS file block would not be a violation. Also, the "CVE Vulnerability" (which also exists for MalwareBytes, AVG, Avast, McAfee, Norton, etc!) is REMOVED COMPLETELY by a registry entry that removes the "unique ID string". The CVE Report against Kaspersky (and MalwareBytes, AVG, Avast, McAfee, Norton, etc!) is NOT about Kaspersky "collecting data", it's about linking that harvested data to a unique ID string that points to "a person". MalwareBytes has CVE Reports for the same! So does AVG! So does Avast! So does McAfee! So does Norton! Et cetera. Some users are okay with this sort of "data". Doesn't Windows Update also do this? There's no MSFN Boycott on Windows Updates. In fact, we go out of our way to "make it work" instead.
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Agreed! But let's be fair and open. Firefox, SRWare Iron, etc is not secure by default, the end user has to take steps to make it secure. 360Chrome is not secure by default, MSFN went through great lengths to create a version we are comfortable using. The same CAN be done for Kaspersky. And it is a valid topic of discussion for this thread.
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You have no authority to do this. This thread is about security programs for XP that work. Kaspersky is one of them. That is not a "praise".
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That is true. Because I do not use nor believe in anti-virus products. That said, it IS the anti-Kaspersky talks that have me INSTALLING IT on a laptop "to witness for myself". I am not "praising" Kaspersky. In fact, it's the opposite. My view (from past experience) is that ALL anti-virus programs do what we often point out in regards to Kaspersky. I am installing it! Among a couple others. By all means, please tell me exactly which ones to install. My goal is to install only THREE and one of those three MUST be Kaspersky.
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True, but let's not hide those concerns under the rug for OTHER anti-virus programs. Let's NOT act like Kaspersky is the only offender. McAfee is equally "offensive" and I may end up posting the same sort of "DLL H3LL" screencap later this weekend. How many .dll's does AVG use? How many additional "processes" listed in Task Manager? Et cetera. I view it along the lines of “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?" Pointing out the Kaspersky Plank while pretending sawdust doesn't exist in other products is "misleading".
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@UCyborg kind of beat me to the punch. I have an XP Era Correct laptop (Dell Latitude D830) that I spent last night formatting and creating four partitiions. One partition is for shared data, the other three are for a "triple boot XP" setup. Boot into first partition and you have an untouched default-install XP x86 SP3 (no POSReady, maybe later) installation with Anti-Virus "Brand X". Boot into second partition and you have an untouched default-install XP x86 SP3 (no POSReady, maybe later) installation with Anti-Virus "Brand Y". Boot into third partition and you have an untouched default-install XP x86 SP3 (no POSReady, maybe later) installation with Anti-Virus "Brand Z". My next step was to install anti-virus onto each partition, with one being KASPERSKY. The informed reader needs information. Let's seek to supply actual INFORMATION. Again, a many MANY thanks to @UCyborg for starting an INFORMATIVE discussion.
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It will not work for the XP crowd, and do not attempt on your actual OS but use a VM instead, but official "upstream" is at v114 as of a week or so ago. I've ported portions into English but find it to be SLOWER then Ungoogled Chromium v114. Getting it into a workable ENGLISH web browser would be an extreme undertaking. Since Ungoogled Chromium is faster and with tons of web browsers available once you are at an OS that is required for newer "upstream" anyway, I'm seeing ZERO need to undertake such a project. Though v114 does not solve Weppy Scare anyway, it's only an indication that upstream is still evolving.