the US Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced a Final Determination prohibiting Kaspersky Lab, Inc. (as well as its affiliates, subsidiaries, and parent companies), from directly or indirectly providing anti-virus software and cybersecurity products or services in the United States or to U.S. persons.<p>Kaspersky will generally no longer be able to, among other activities, sell its software within the United States or provide updates to software already in use.<p>The Determination allows Kaspersky to continue certain operations in the US—including providing anti-virus signature updates and codebase updates—only until 12:00AM EDT September 29, 2024.