Kaspersky has quite a good reputation. Good detection rate, good protection, aggressive if that’s your preferred way.
Not mine these days, but if I wanted active protection rather than passive, they’d be top on the list, unquestionably.
I’m not being very clear.
I respect kaspersky as software engineers, viruses, etc.
But Stuxnet involves international politics: Israel, Russia, iran, US, Pakistan, etc., etc.
Who is doing what and who thinks who can do what or thinks who is doing what... all has diplomatic and military impact.
I don’t know what influence the Russian government has on Kaspersky’s research and reporting on this matter; it would not be absurd to think the government has considerable interest and therefore a lot to do with what is reported.
I don’t know, but that’s why i said I’d be more comfortable with this report if it didn’t come from a Russian firm, where, i believe the government has a heavier hand in industry.