An interesting read, I thought. Especially this: The NSA bans its analysts from using Kaspersky anti-virus at the agency, in large part because the agency has exploited anti-virus software for its own foreign hacking operations and knows the same technique is used by its adversaries. The Israeli hack itself would be reason enough for the NSA or any other intelligence agency to ban Kaspersky products. It happens to other anti-virus packages, too. Recently, the South Korean military discovered it had been hacked, presumably by North Korean intelligence, using Hauri anti-virus software.
YMMV. http://windowsitpro.com/security/if-kaspersky-bothers-you-so-must-its-rivals
