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ZDNet News - News Page One: Malwarebytes accuses rival of software theft
Gadgetell: Shields Up!: Malwarebytes discovers it’s being ripped off by it’s Chinese rival
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Now this is just disgracefull i'm a giant fan of malware bytes and iobit. But IOBit has... http://tinyurl.com/ydsej5k 15 days ago |
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RT @tweetmeme Malwarebytes blog » Blog Archive » IOBit Steals Malwarebytes’ Intellectual Property http://bit.ly/3eZunF 30 days ago |
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RT @neiljrubenking MalwareBytes says IObit stole sigs http://bit.ly/3s88q6 IObit totally denies it http://bit.ly/1qfLsn Who's right? #pcmsec 11/6/2009 |
Malwarebytes accuses rival of software theft
ZDNet News - News Page One —
... the allegations and said there were problems with its malware submission site. Malwarebytes claims IObit stole from its database of malware samples that its software uses to detect malware on customer computers. Malwarebytes discovered that IObit's Security 360 free anti-malware software was flagging a specific key generator piece of code for Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware software and using the same naming scheme, which includes the phrase "Don't Steal Our Software," according to a blog post on the Malwarebytes.org site. After finding additional evidence, Malwarebytes ...
Shields Up!: Malwarebytes discovers it’s being ripped off by it’s Chinese rival
Gadgetell —
... “So we dug further. We accumulated more similar evidence for other detections, and we soon became convinced that this was not a mistake, it was not a coincidence, it was not an isolated event, and it persisted presently in their current database. They are using both our database and our database format exactly.” The company reported in a blog post. “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.” ...
