Ever considered partnership?

[Andi Clay]

have you ever considered teaming up with another name that provides antivirus?

[YoKenny1]

I hate to even think about being borged by Symantec who borged Norton or McAfee who borged SiteAdvisor and look what a mess they made of those applications but the people that wrote them while not as rich as Bill Gates are probably doing fairly well.

My hero is Bill Pytlovany of WinPatrol fame who was made an offer from Ask.com that they thought he could not refuse:

No, I Don't Want Your #^$% Toolbar

http://billpstudios.blogspot.com/2009/03/n...ur-toolbar.html

[exile360]

I believe Malwarebytes' was made a similar offer by Ask.com and refused it . I also think that a big name AV would mess mbam up, one of the reasons mbam is as good as it is is because they aren't as prone to give in when the makers of rogue apps threaten them with lawsuits and such when targetted by their scanners as the big names are. That's a big reason tools like mbam need to remain as they are and not get integrated into a "suite" or get swallowed up by a larger corporation.

[mbyuser]

I believe Malwarebytes' was made a similar offer by Ask.com and refused it . I also think that a big name AV would mess mbam up, one of the reasons mbam is as good as it is is because they aren't as prone to give in when the makers of rogue apps threaten them with lawsuits and such when targetted by their scanners as the big names are. That's a big reason tools like mbam need to remain as they are and not get integrated into a "suite" or get swallowed up by a larger corporation.

bravo!!!

the ask toolbar imo should be re-named ass.toolbar or we have the power,the money to do want with your details.

[GT500]

have you ever considered teaming up with another name that provides antivirus?

Marcin has told me that he does not want his technologies to be included in another company's product, so partnerships are out.

[Guest victimized]

Seriously, I would find computer companies to put in other 60 day trials, other than norton and kaspersky (sky kasper) in the box with the new pc. I would just like it for them to have the best detection, which avira holds.

[elero]

the ask toolbar imo should be re-named ass.toolbar or we have the power,the money to do want with your details.

As far as I know you can disable the toolbar at the installation process, so it's no problem for me

[cdavfrew]

Avira + MBAM.... perfect or not? Avira's detection capabilities plus Malwarebytes' removal powers....

[elero]

If Avira update works then it's perfect

But MBAM should stay without any bloatware ..

[RubbeR DuckY]

We might be doing some cross selling or bundle offers with some anti-virus partners soon. Arthur, just because we are partners with a company does not mean they get any of our technology.