Earlier this week, some U.S. customers of Kaspersky’s antivirus were surprised to find out that the Russian-made software disappeared from their computers and had been replaced by a new antivirus called UltraAV, owned by American company Pango.
The move was the result of the U.S. government’s unprecedented ban on Kaspersky, which prohibited the sale of any Kaspersky software in the country. The ban on selling the company’s software became effective on July 20, while the ban on providing subsequent security updates to existing customers will become effective on September 29.
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