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Re: IObit Security 360 Kills Fake IObit Anti-Malware
« Reply #15 on: November 02, 2009, 11:00:42 PM »
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During the course of our investigation, we uncovered additional evidence that IOBit may have stolen the proprietary databases of other security vendors as well. We are in the process of contacting these vendors.
I guess this is SUPERAntiSpyware and Ad-Aware..............
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Re: IObit Security 360 Kills Fake IObit Anti-Malware
« Reply #16 on: November 02, 2009, 11:16:49 PM »
 Wow! :o Really disturbing news. Maybe Alwill should add their software to the Avast database of fake antivirus? >:( ;D
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Re: IObit Security 360 Kills Fake IObit Anti-Malware
« Reply #17 on: November 02, 2009, 11:24:15 PM »
Quote from: essexboy on November 02, 2009, 10:55:18 PM
We noticed this a few days ago when we received a complaint that malwarebytes only removed 20 infections and then charged for the rest

For those interested here is another company that is playing on the MBAM name hXXp://wwwmalware-bytes.org/malwarebytes/index.html  XoftSpySE

It would be advisable to make the link to the suspect site unclickable, as in my quoted text just in case they have any other underhand tactics.
« Last Edit: November 02, 2009, 11:29:47 PM by DavidR »
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Re: IObit Security 360 Kills Fake IObit Anti-Malware
« Reply #18 on: November 02, 2009, 11:26:08 PM »
Fixed put in a code box
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Re: IObit Security 360 Kills Fake IObit Anti-Malware
« Reply #19 on: November 02, 2009, 11:35:47 PM »
Is this the same, the name is written a bit different...

XOFTspy Portable Anti-spyware for U3
http://software.u3.com/Product_Details.aspx?ProductId=103&Selection=15&Lang=en-US
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Re: IObit Security 360 Kills Fake IObit Anti-Malware
« Reply #20 on: November 02, 2009, 11:48:36 PM »
Fore some considerable tome xoftspy was listed on the spywarewarrior site (http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm) as a rogue anti-spyware.

They were supposed to have cleaned up their act and were removed, personally there are many anti-spyware applications out there with no dubious history for me to ever use any of their software.
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Re: IObit Security 360 Kills Fake IObit Anti-Malware
« Reply #21 on: November 03, 2009, 12:00:00 AM »
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Re: IObit Security 360 Kills Fake IObit Anti-Malware
« Reply #22 on: November 03, 2009, 12:23:51 AM »
Quote from: Pondus on November 03, 2009, 12:00:00 AM
It is on WOT now
http://www.mywot.com/en/forum/4775-iobit-steals-malwarebytes-intellectual-property
http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/iobit.com#comment

Have also been posted on IOBit forum and removed........strange.....
Kinda like not positive things about Comodo on their forum?
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Re: IObit Security 360 Kills Fake IObit Anti-Malware
« Reply #23 on: November 03, 2009, 12:37:08 AM »
Time to get rid of it and the rest of their software.  :'(
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Re: IObit Security 360 Kills Fake IObit Anti-Malware
« Reply #24 on: November 03, 2009, 05:24:41 AM »
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Re: IObit Security 360 Kills Fake IObit Anti-Malware
« Reply #25 on: November 03, 2009, 05:37:43 AM »
How very rude of these people.

Confirmed by hpHosts.

Iobit is herby guilty of fraud.
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Re: IObit Security 360 Kills Fake IObit Anti-Malware
« Reply #26 on: November 03, 2009, 05:52:30 AM »
Sounds like they're too lazy to come up with their own database. What a rip off.
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Re: IObit Security 360 Kills Fake IObit Anti-Malware
« Reply #27 on: November 03, 2009, 06:13:38 AM »
I wonder whether this software is like an illegal version of something like GDATA or it is simply "repackaged" version of Malwarebytes...

As an end-user, it shouldn't be a problem if anti-virus companies "share" their info but it's illegal in the context of intellectual properties, which is not always respected outside of so-called "Western" countries.  I guess some agreements in the area of international laws are needed among developed countries and rising ones.
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Re: IObit Security 360 Kills Fake IObit Anti-Malware
« Reply #28 on: November 03, 2009, 06:26:40 AM »
Quote from: Marc57 on November 03, 2009, 05:52:30 AM
Sounds like they're too lazy to come up with their own database. What a rip off.
Thieves would rather steal than work as honest work requires effort.
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Re: IObit Security 360 Kills Fake IObit Anti-Malware
« Reply #29 on: November 03, 2009, 08:43:39 AM »
That mean they don't need to work hard they just get new malware from other databases and just intergrate them in Iobit security 360!
Too bad smart defrag will miss us!
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