IOBit Caught Stealing MalwareBytes database.

According to MalwareBytes, the security company IOBit, based in China has stolen their database of signature and incorporated it into their software’s database of signature. They determined this by using a fake detection that would have only appeared in their database and caught them red-handed.

You can read more about it at: http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=29681

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