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IOBit Steals Malwarebytes' Intellectual Property - Malwarebytes Forum
Malwarebytes has recently uncovered evidence that a company called IOBit based in China is stealing and incorporating our proprietary database and intellectual property into their software.
More here: http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=29681
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IOBit’s Denial of Theft Unconvincing
http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=29772
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IOBit has not featured prominently as a recommended program in this forum. (I had never heard of it).
Nonetheless I applaud the dissemination of this information here and elsewhere. I took the opportunity to rate IOBit.com using WOT, and am pleased to see it has fallen from a green rating to an amber. The more folks using WOT that do this, the better warned all will be.
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November 4th, 2009 18:00
IOBit has been accused by Malwarebytes of illegally using their intellectual property without permission. Additionally, both WOT and SiteAdvisor have flagged IOBit’s site.
A thread in the IOBit’s forum responded to the accusations from MalwareBytes. It is noteworthy that several responses from users raising specific questions about IOBit’s response and finding it unsatisfactory were deleted and the thread was closed. The bottom line from IOBit was:“No hard proof shows that IObit stole database of Malwarebytes.”
At least until the issues of possible database theft and spyware packaging is resolved, I recommend against the use of IOBit products.