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By Jim Finkle BOSTON (Reuters) – At least five senior executives have left Russian computer security software company Kaspersky Lab over the past month due to a disagreement over the way it is being run under its chief executive and co-founder, Eugene Kaspersky. The executives include North American President Steve Orenberg, who is credited with making Kaspersky a major anti-virus brand in the United States, and the company’s chief technology officer, Nikolay Grebennikov, who headed global research and development. Eugene Kaspersky, in an emailed statement, praised Orenberg and his team for helping shape the success of the anti-virus software maker in the United States, saying they “made the impossible possible.” However he added that “in evaluating our business and in creating a plan to move forward in the U.S., we had a disagreement about business strategy.” Kaspersky did not respond to requests this week via email for more detailed comment on the departures. Company spokesman Alejandro Arango told Reuters via email that Orenberg and Grebennikov both left by mutual agreement with the company.