Why Trimp and US is so imposing and forceful against Kaspersky AV?
Is it a political problem or a business one?
Probably the combination of:
- Kaspersky recognized as winner in EndPoint Security Category in The Channel Company’s CRN®2016
- Kaspersky being at thirth in Annual Revenues (650 M$) is just after the 2 only US companues: Symantec (4.000M$) and McAfee (2.000M$)
- Dr. Web (other Russian company providing AV, having 1M$ revenues) is not involved at all
it could explain is not a political problem but a business one: Trump would like to protect US business, banishing Kasperky.
List of Main Anti-Virus/Malware producers and vendors
Let's figure out the revenue of the main producer of Anti-Virus/Malware products in the world:
| Logo | Brand | Year | Country | Revenues ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Symantec | 1982 | US | 4.000M |
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McAfee | 1987 | US | 2.000M |
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Kaspersky | 1997 | Russia | 650M |
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Sophos | 1985 | UK | 500M |
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TrendMicro | 1989 | Japan | 360M |
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Avira | 1986 | Germany | 300M |
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AVG | 1991 | Cech Rep. | 250M |
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F-Secure | 1988 | Finland | 165M |
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BitDefender | 2001 | Romania | 75M |
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Panda | 1990 | Spain | 40M |
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G Data | 1985 | Germany | 37M |
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Bull Guard | 2002 | UK | 20M |
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Quick Heal | 1993 | India | 3M |
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ESET | 1992 | Slovacchia | 2M(?) |
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Dr. Web | 2003 | Russia | 1M(?) |
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AhnLab | 1995 | South Korea | 150K |