Trump signs U.S. government ban on Kaspersky Lab software

  • 13 December 2017
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President Donald Trump signed into law on Tuesday legislation that bans the use of Kaspersky Lab within the U.S. government, capping a months-long effort to purge the Moscow-based antivirus firm from federal agencies amid concerns it was vulnerable to Kremlin influence.

The ban, included as part of a broader defense policy spending bill that Trump signed, reinforces a directive issued by the Trump administration in September that civilian agencies remove Kaspersky Lab software within 90 days. The law applies to both civilian and military networks.

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All I have to say is all of the ex users of Kaspersky software need to migrate over to Webroot and be confident on the best on the web today.There is no better than Webroot end of story.

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