Follow-up on Anvisoft discussion

[kos]

I thought I'd post a follow-up to this discussion, since the thread was locked:

http://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?showtopic=104840&st=0

Basically a bunch of MB users were wondering who/what Anvisoft was, and whether it was legit. I did a bit more digging.

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2012/11/infamous-hacker-heading-chinese-antivirus-firm/

Thanks for the inspiration.

[GT500]

Thank you for the information. I found the article very interesting.

[Wide_Glide]

Well they "Anvisoft" have started off wrong at Yahoo Answers. They have been banned from posting there because of spamming

[GT500]

Well they "Anvisoft" have started off wrong at Yahoo Answers. They have been banned from posting there because of spamming

I just noticed that their forums are rated poorly on WOT as well.

[CWB]

reading further down the article and the reader comments at krebs ... it seems that the product is "hot" .

one fellow mentions that the physical address for the company appears to be bogus (he lives in the area) .

all said and done ... i am staying away from the product .

[GT500]

reading further down the article and the reader comments at krebs ... it seems that the product is "hot" .

one fellow mentions that the physical address for the company appears to be bogus (he lives in the area) .

all said and done ... i am staying away from the product .

Just for fun, I Googled the address, and this is what I got:

The address appears to be bogus (it is entirely possible for an anti-virus software company to be run out of the back of a copy/mailbox store, and Google's picture could be out of date). Unfortunately, a picture that Google took while driving by just isn't enough proof to say that it is absolutely bogus. I mean, seriously, Google can't even figure out where I live, and I've told them this on at least one occasion. Google isn't foolproof...

Edit: Of course, on second thought, they could just rent a mailbox there.