[codedokode]

I remember that Kaspersky helped to investigate some of cyberattacks perfromed allegedly by western agencies. Could not these articles be a part of revenge campaign to punish them?

And another thought, if we cannot trust foreign AV software, does it mean that every country must have at list one national AV product? Or maybe it would make sence to make some special API for AV software so that it can check files and processes but cannot send data to the Internet?

[dreamfactored]

> if we cannot trust foreign AV software, does it mean that every country must have at list one national AV product

That also goes for pretty much every online platform from search to shopping to social. N.B. The Russians and Chinese are already doing precisely this

[beagle3]

Also, every country needs their own operating system; and in fact, also CPU and fab facilities.