“Antivirus is the ultimate back door"

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“Antivirus is the ultimate back door,” Blake Darché, a former N.S.A. operator and co-founder of Area 1 Security. “It provides consistent, reliable and remote access that can be used for any purpose, from launching a destructive attack to conducting espionage on thousands or even millions of users.”

How Israel Caught Russian Hackers Scouring the World for U.S. Secrets
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/technology/kaspersky-lab-israel-russia-hacking.html