A couple of observations. First I would not quote Kaspersky as if they were top level experts. They are second rate at best. We currently use them but will stop once the contract expires. They, far and away, have the biggest negative impact on system performance of any of the leading antivirus publishers. Internet speed is literally cut in half when using the internet protection feature as opposed to when that feature is turned off. Their support's first suggestion is 'trying reboot comrade - this is fixing much problem' and when you demand better support it becomes 'Am being very sorry comrade, we are sending new improved version as we are believing this will be helping much'. They simply can't support their product.
Another observation is that it seems odd that several people say this is a 'remote control' and/or data collection and transmission type of malware. I am not a hacker or even a very good programmer but I am a computer scientist and it occurs to me that if you know the code is transmitting data then you would also know where it is being sent to. Likewise if it is being remote controlled then you know where that control is coming from. Why then is it such a mystery 'who' is controlling or receiving transmissions?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
