Meanwhile: some skullduggery afoot
Starting Thursday, Kaspersky deleted its anti-malware software from computers across the United States and replaced it with UltraAV's antivirus solution without warning.
UltraAV force-installed on Kaspersky users' PCs
According to many online customer reports
including BleepingComputer's forums
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/801324/kaspersky-deleted-itself-and-installed-ultraav/
UltraAV's software was installed on their computers without any prior notification
with many concerned that their devices had been infected with malware.
To make things worse, while some users could uninstall UltraAV using the software’s uninstaller, those who tried removing it using uninstall apps saw it reinstalled after a reboot, causing further concerns about a potential malware infection.
Some also found UltraVPN installed, likely because they had a Kaspersky VPN subscription.
"If you are a paying Kaspersky customer, when the transition is complete UltraAV protection will be active on your device and you will be able to leverage all of the additional premium features," UltraAV says on its official website on a page dedicated to this forced transition from Kaspersky's software
https://ultrasecureav.com/kl-transition
A Kaspersky employee also shared an official statement on the company's official forums regarding the forced switch to UltraAV
/nosanitize
https://forum.kaspersky.com/topic/kav-ultraav-software-no-notification-automatically-installs-and-cant-remove-it-50628/?page=2#comment-187103