I have discovered that Kaspersky Rescue Disk is based on Debian 12

Subject: I have discovered that Kaspersky Rescue Disk is based on Debian 12

Good day from Singapore,

I have discovered that Kaspersky Rescue Disk is based on Debian 12. Please see below.

root@krd2024:/home/krd# uname -a

Linux krd2024 6.1.0-28-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.119-1 (2024-11-22) x86_64 GNU/Linux

root@krd2024:/home/krd# cat /etc/os-release

PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)"

NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"

VERSION_ID="12"

VERSION="12 (bookworm)"

VERSION_CODENAME=bookworm

ID=debian

HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/"

SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support"

BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/"

root@krd2024:/home/krd#

As of 12 March 2026 Thursday at 7.30 pm Singapore Time, bootable Kaspersky Rescue Disk USB thumb drive reported "No Threats Detected" in my Windows 11 Home Edition home desktop computer.

The following items were selected and clicked in Kaspersky Rescue Tool:

(1) Windows 11 x64

(a) Fileless objects

(b) Startup objects

(c) System drive

(2) 

(a) Boot sectors

(b) Efi boot objects

Scan completed in 01:22:53

A total of 2447298 objects were scanned.

Scan results: No Threats Detected

Debian Linux is rock solid and superb. It is used as the foundation/building block of Kaspersky Rescue Disk antivirus scanner.

Thank you Debian!

Regards,

Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming

Extremely Democratic People's Republic of Singapore

12 Mar 2026 Thursday 7.53 pm Singapore Time

REFERENCES

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[1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2026/03/msg00178.html

[2] https://mail-archive.com/debian-user@lists.debian.org/msg821775.html

[3] https://marc.info/?l=debian-user&m=177331928907349&w=2