142 replies to this topic

[adi_bun]

You all made them a lot of publicity I never heard about this software before . I think the best would be to close this topic and continue in court of law

[Hoov]

I have to say that I have never been fond of thier software before, as it always seems to cause more problems than they solve, and after stealing the intellectual property of Malwarebytes, I will be asking everyone I help to remove thier software first.

The folks here at Malwarebytes have made a solid piece of software, and they deserve our support.

If you need me to do something, all you need to do is ask.

[lavallie]

If you have solid proof, and it sounds like you do, you should get Internet Solutions to BAN these guys from the internet!!

Shut them down and block all references to their name and url.

Bill

[ShadowPuterDude]

Blogged IOBit Stealing from Malwarebytes'

[Navjot Singh]

Its sad to see that one security company stealing database from others just to keep up in competition.

Here is more coverage on by Techie-Buzz: http://techie-buzz.com/annoyances/malwareb...e-database.html

Tweeted too from @nspeaks.

[RubbeR DuckY]

Edited post to add cached version of IOBit forum post since they conveniently deleted the post.

[GT500]

RubbeR DuckY said:

Edited post to add cached version of IOBit forum post since they conveniently deleted the post.

Isn't it amazing, with all of the annoying crap that Google has made, that they actually have something as useful as Google Cache?

[DragonMaster Jay]

GT500, on Nov 2 2009, 10:21 PM, said:

Isn't it amazing, with all of the annoying crap that Google has made, that they actually have something as useful as Google Cache?

It is quite amazing that they want to try to "cover it up" and think that we have not seen the evidence or heard about the issue. That would make them guilty, correct?

[Jacee]

GT500, on Nov 2 2009, 07:21 PM, said:

Isn't it amazing, with all of the annoying crap that Google has made, that they actually have something as useful as Google Cache?

Yes, sometimes I'm most pleased with this feature .... other times, it can be an annoyance

[DragonMaster Jay]

big lol: http://forums.iobit....read.php?t=4802

They are frail.

[GT500]

DragonMaster Jay said:

big lol: http://forums.iobit....read.php?t=4802

They are frail.

It's understandable that they want to keep the clutter down on the forums. At least they aren't completely ignoring the situation, and just deleting everything.

[Leurgy]

China? Piracy? Who knew?

This is certainly unfortunate but not surprising. These "Suites" that are offered are a dog's breakfast of rights.

[Oldcrow]

We have also include and article about this product in our Computer Forums on our seniors board.

[SpySentinel]

Declaration by IObit:
http://forums.iobit....read.php?t=4807

[GT500]

SpySentinel said:

Declaration by IObit:
http://forums.iobit....read.php?t=4807

Oh, how lovely. They deny it. Is anyone surprised?

Krissy - IOBit Forums said:

A legal letter will be released later, which will prove that there is no problem with Intellectual Property Rights.

I'm not sure how a legal letter will prove this. Especially since there is concrete proof that IOBit is guilty.

Krissy - IOBit Forums said:

We have admitted that it’s hard to avoid mistakes, like a silly or duplicated name. But there is in no way means we steal Malwarebytes’ or any other's database.

Apparently they didn't read all of the evidence. Either that or they are skewing the facts to make themselves look better. Of course, I foresee a large misunderstanding of that statement, as they do not teach logic in school anymore...


Oh well, their response is not quite as bad as I expected, but still along the same lines. Marcin will be doing a lot of talking with his lawyer over this one. They will do what they need to in order to get the situation resolved.

[nmb]

rude.. rude IOBIT.

Michael Horowitz blog on computer world

http://blogs.computerworld.com/15026/iobit...om_malwarebytes

nmb

[Merijn]

Wow, this is pretty big. Will get the word out.

[edit]
GT500: I had server problems and moved to merijn.nu

[GT500]

Merijn said:

Wow, this is pretty big. Will get the word out.

Hey, it's Merijn. What ever happened to your website?

[Suzi]

I really don't know much about IOBit and their products, but we got this spam post about them at SpywareWarrior a while back. I thought this was quite odd.
http://www.spywarewa...pic.php?t=31386

I just posted a topic about this too to help get the word out.
http://www.spywarewa...pic.php?t=31655

[seivohc]

I just remembered that I use IObit's Smart Defrag application quite often.
I wonder if IObit has been doing this with Smart Defrag as well =/