Theft of Malwarebytes' database: IMMORAL, ILLEGAL!

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   Theft of Intellectual Property is IMMORAL, ILLEGAL, UNACCEPTABLE !

For anyone using IObit software: you are urged to read this thread: http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=29681 

'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. 
We know this will sound hard to believe, because it was hard for us to believe at first too.
But after an indepth investigation, we became convicted it was true.'

I removed all IObit softwares from my computer.

PROROOTECT

PS. Read also Michael Horowitz from Computerworld: http://blogs.computerworld.com/15026/iobit_accused_of_stealing_from_malwarebytes 

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PROROOTECT Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 06 April 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 298	Quote Reply Topic: Theft of Malwarebytes' database: IMMORAL, ILLEGAL! Posted: 03 November 2009 at 8:51am
	Theft of Intellectual Property is IMMORAL, ILLEGAL, UNACCEPTABLE ! For anyone using IObit software: you are urged to read this thread: http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=29681 '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. We know this will sound hard to believe, because it was hard for us to believe at first too. But after an indepth investigation, we became convicted it was true.' I removed all IObit softwares from my computer. PROROOTECT PS. Read also Michael Horowitz from Computerworld: http://blogs.computerworld.com/15026/iobit_accused_of_stealing_from_malwarebytes P.
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himanshup Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 16 July 2008 Location: India Online Status: Offline Posts: 92	Quote Reply Posted: 03 November 2009 at 9:29am
	i can not undertand these issues. i have a question. "when somebody would have come out commercial with first anti virus (signature based scanning), then some other company also would have come with same signature based scanning. would it be called a IPR viloation." same nowadays lot of products are available with behavioral modelling of the process. then should it be called IPR violation. we have winobj and obj viewer from osronline.. is it IPR violation. what are the criteria of reporting a IPR violation.

ntunldr Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 05 July 2009 Online Status: Online Posts: 103	Quote Reply Posted: 03 November 2009 at 9:42am
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PROROOTECT Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 06 April 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 298	Quote Reply Posted: 03 November 2009 at 10:18am
	Google Search for 'Malwarebytes Database Theft': 19100 results (here) this morning ... For example: MyWOT.com: http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/iobit.com/comment-3079578#comment-3079578 ... and CalendarOfUpdates.com: http://www.calendarofupdates.com/updates/index.php?showtopic=24676 Please follow carefully ... P.
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PROROOTECT Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 06 April 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 298	Quote Reply Posted: 03 November 2009 at 10:26am
	hpHosts FIRST! ... here: http://hphosts.blogspot.com/2009/11/iobit-steals-malwarebytes-intellectual.html GO! ... because STOLEN = THEFT ! Edited by PROROOTECT - 05 November 2009 at 7:52pm
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LaserWraith Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 03 November 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1	Quote Reply Posted: 03 November 2009 at 6:45pm
	My view/findings on this: http://laserwraith.weebly.com/1/post/2009/11/iobit-steals-malwarebytes-malware-database-and-more.html LaserWraith Edited by LaserWraith - 03 November 2009 at 6:46pm

PROROOTECT Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 06 April 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 298	Quote Reply Posted: 04 November 2009 at 10:01am
	Hi LaserWraith, Thank you for your link, you are a right man, I have confidence in you... Your site - and your other traces / places - is interesting and plaisant! IObit reputation is going to zero now, in my eyes. So it's logic that their website will soon cease to exist (COMING SOON!). With its roots in 2007, which are in evonsoft.com: http://www.evonsoft.com/ Hmmm ... PROROOTECT
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vrtule Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 22 September 2006 Location: Czech Republic Online Status: Offline Posts: 118	Quote Reply Posted: 04 November 2009 at 3:08pm
	It is not a surprise for me. I think this might be quite common. Recently, I heard that SuperAntispyware (hope this is the name of the product) uses ClaimAV internally, which is not allowed for closed-source applications.

PROROOTECT Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 06 April 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 298	Quote Reply Posted: 04 November 2009 at 4:54pm
	Yes Vrtule, I heard that without ClamAV notched, Superantispyware find nothing serious ... And it is very heavy! Heavy artillery. MBAM and a-squared - what I like - lightness and efficiency of first order, indeed. Say hello from me to Tatra Mountains! P.
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vrtule Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 22 September 2006 Location: Czech Republic Online Status: Offline Posts: 118	Quote Reply Posted: 04 November 2009 at 7:28pm
	PROROOTECT: I do not use SuperAntispy either. I said just what I know. BTW. Tatra Mountains are situated in Slovakia, not Czech Republic... But yes, they're quite close to me :-).