# Anybody Had This Experience With Kaspersky?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-had-this-experience-with-kaspersky/736535>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 3, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-had-this-experience-with-kaspersky/736535 "2015-11-03T16:57:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-had-this-experience-with-kaspersky/736535/1 "2015-11-03T16:57:39Z")

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I am fed up …the trial version sets up a “secure browser”, which screws up my Ebay account. every time I log in to ebay, it doesn’t recognize the password that Kaspersky has established for my account. plus, with the trial package, you cannot ask them a question.  
Should i get rid of it now? it looks like a big problem which could get worse.:mad:

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**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2015, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-had-this-experience-with-kaspersky/736535/2 "2015-11-03T16:59:57Z")

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I turned down the option of having a “secure” browser for financial transactions. I had to do it a number of times, then after a while it stopped asking. However, this wasn’t a free trial, it was a paid subscription, so this may not apply to your situation.

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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-had-this-experience-with-kaspersky/736535/3 "2015-11-05T12:07:23Z")

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I had to get rid of it; it was so "secure’ that my sites would not let me in.

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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-had-this-experience-with-kaspersky/736535/4 "2015-11-05T14:05:15Z")

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You **choose** which sites open in a “secure browser.” You can reject the option altogether. Why the fury?

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**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-had-this-experience-with-kaspersky/736535/5 "2015-11-05T16:31:28Z")

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I pretty much assume they work closely with the Russian government, so I personally would not use them. Its bad enough that I have the NSA spying on me, I don’t need the Russians as well.