Why is the Kaspersky antivirus notified that FX Sound accessing the webcam? It is worrying me.
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Good afternoon Reed,
This is probably a false positive, used by the antivirus to trick you into buying a subscription to their product.
Nevertheless, I will ask FxSound’s lead audio engineer about it to be sure.
@bvijay:
Hello Vijay,
A user’s antivirus is displaying a warning which claims FxSound is accessing the webcam.
Could you please shed more light on this?
Thank you. 
By the way, this is obviously a hustle, you do not need Kaspersky’s paid “Webcam and Mic Control” feature, to control your own webcam and microphone.
The existing software on your machine, will likely be sufficient.
Just go to Google or DuckDuckGo, type something along the lines of “check which programs have access to / are using my webcam on Windows” into the search field, and don’t forget to add the number of your Windows version.
You should be able to find plenty of tutorials on the topic.
I am receiving a similar warning that “FX Sound is using your microphone”. And I can assure you this is not a hustle since I am a longtime paid-member of Kaspersky. And the interesting part is when I block the access of FX Sound to the microphone, it does not work properly. Surely this requires an explanation.
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I don’t use any Kaspersky products, but what I can tell you is that all of the microphones on my computer as well as my webcam have been turned off for a long time, and all the while, FxSound has been working perfectly.
Have you considered also contacting Kaspersky about this?
No I considered uninstalling FX Sound and never use it again, thanks for being helpful.
Sorry but you’re paranoid. Just uncheck those two options in “Privacy/Webcam and microphone settings” in Kaspersky and you’re good to go:
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FxSound has no access to the microphones or webcam. I asked @bvijay, and he confirmed this.
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