
#MALWAREBYTE DATABASE UPDATE#
The file found here for the download is the last offline update available. NOTE: Malwarebytes' can only be updated with the latest updates through the program itself. The Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware Database allows you to always keep your copy of Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware up-to-date even if you don't have an internet connection available on the computer where the program is installed. In addition, we have implemented a threats center which will allow you to keep up to date with the latest malware threats. The real-time protection module uses our advanced heuristic scanning technology which monitors your system to keep it safe and secure. Anti-Malware monitors every process and stops malicious processes before they even start. Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware can detect and remove malware that even the most well known anti-virus and anti-malware applications fail to detect. In our product we have compiled a number of new technologies that are designed to quickly detect, destroy, and prevent malware. Malwarebyte's found that IObit's product detected the fake malware Malwarebytes put in its database as a test.Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is considered to be the next step in the detection and removal of malware. "There are holes and problems with IObit malware submission procedure and database management," the post concluded. This mistake can be understood because it is very normal-Many enthusiastic IObit users find there are samples missed by IObit Security 360 but detected by other anti-malware products, then they would submit these samples to us and provide names defined by other anti-malware vendors." "Unfortunately, IObit database analyzer carelessly used the names provided by the submission. In the meantime, IObit temporarily deleted all disputed items in its database to avoid "dispute and possible problems" and disabled its malware submission page, the company said in a blog post.īasically, someone submitted samples with the name used by another vendor, the post says. IObit said it would soon release a legal letter an explanation about the technical aspects that proves its case. Malwarebytes, which said it uncovered evidence that IObit may have stolen proprietary databases of other security vendors as well, said it plans to pursue legal action against IObit IObit denied the allegations, saying it was a "mistake," and accused Malwarebytes of spreading "malicious rumors." "They are using both our database and our database format exactly."

"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," the blog post says. Within two weeks, IObit was detecting the fake files and using "almost exactly" the fake names, Malwarebytes said.

This screen shot shows IObit's product uses the same naming scheme as .Īfter finding additional evidence, Malwarebytes conducted a test and added fake definitions for a fake rogue application to its database of malware.
#MALWAREBYTE DATABASE GENERATOR#
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 site. Malwarebytes claims IObit stole from its database of signatures of malicious applications that its software uses for detecting malware on customer computers. Malwarebytes is accusing China-based computer security firm IObit of intellectual property theft, but IObit denied the allegations and said there were problems with its malware submission site.
