Well, that would be bad if that happened, because “no AV company will catch everything”, and a merger/acquisition would result in “one AV company”. There should be a corollary to Finagle’s Law about that, or even the better-known Murphy’s Law.
From: Pete Howard [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 8:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: "Announcements" from our sponsor! Good idea to hook up with MB. They have a flawless reputation on the ground level among admin as the goto place to clean crap when the big name AV company cant. I wouldn't be surprised if they get picked up by MFE or SYMC by the end of the year. Or maybe add them to the Sunbelt portfolio ? ________________________________ From: Alex Eckelberry <[email protected]> To: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, April 22, 2010 8:27:43 PM Subject: RE: "Announcements" from our sponsor! You'd be surprised at how many people don't know about Malwarebytes (even I was surprised). I think it's also good to partner with this very smart group of people who are doing good work. Also the partnership includes more than just a website. Alex ________________________________ From: Carl Houseman [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 8:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: "Announcements" from our sponsor! :major confusion: What is provided by the partnership that wasn't readily available previously? -or- What disadvantage would customers suffer if there was no partnership? Carl From: Alex Eckelberry [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 8:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: "Announcements" from our sponsor! Tacit? Heck, I'll just say it: No AV company will catch everything. Not partnering is just doing a dis-service to your customers. Alex ________________________________ From: Carl Houseman [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 10:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: "Announcements" from our sponsor! Oh, I just realized it's more than just marketing/advertising. It's a tacit admission by both companies that their own products might miss something. No surprise to most of us. From: Carl Houseman [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 10:11 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: "Announcements" from our sponsor! Isn't Malwarebytes for scanning/cleaning already free? Is there any functionality here that wasn't easily possible before? Looks like not much more than a marketing/advertising partnership. Carl From: Joe Tinney [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 8:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: "Announcements" from our sponsor! Does anyone know if the Malware Bytes download referenced on that page is truly free for all to use like VIPRE Rescue is? I’m specifically interested in corporate/business use. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 8:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: "Announcements" from our sponsor! Greetings! As so many of us tend to use MalwareBytes in addition to VIPRE and other apps to deal with infested systems, it seems Sunbelt has intered into a partnership with them: http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Press/Releases/?id=346 -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 [email protected] P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org <http://www.aspca.org/> The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
