Free Version of Malware Defender??

Discussion in 'other anti-malware software' started by sg09, May 24, 2010.

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  1. sg09

    sg09 Registered Member

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    I am afraid it may be discussed before as told by a friend of mine.

    There is a rebranded version of Malware defender from
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    www.360.cn
    Anyone heard about it?
    I have found a direct download link and it looks like a retailed version.
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    http://down.360safe.com/md_setup_en.exe
    I downloaded and installed it some times before. It looks identical with the original version from torchsoft. But uninstalled if it is fake. I scanned it in virustotal, hitman pro, prevx, nothing found.

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    Please share your opinion or if it is already shared give a link to that.
     
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  2. bellgamin

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    Check THIS Wilders thread & you will find lots of information about MD (Malware Defender).

    The links you show are "legitimate" by the way.
     
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    Thank you. Is there any discussion about this? You said it is legitimate, so this rebranded version is free?
     
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    Malware Defender (TorchSoft) was sold by the owner (Xiaolin) to 360safe www.360.cn and now works for them. The new version is free. I had been running version 2.7.1 beta and it was stable. I am waiting to hear if this is now the public release and if so what changes from the beta. It is legitimate.
     
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    Malware Defender v2.7 is released
    Info.

    It can be downloaded from link posted by sg09:)
     
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    Thanks icr, saw it in another thread. If there is no change from the current beta (2.7.1) I probably don't need to download.
     
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    I can also see there is no purchase option in torchsoft for malware defender.
    http://www.torchsoft.com/en/purchase.html
    So, version v2.6 is the stable version?
    Code:
    http://www.torchsoft.com/download/md_setup.exe
     
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    Isn't there any option to automatically upgrade/update?
     
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    No the new version is free. There is no further option to purchase 2.6. I am using 2.7.1 and it is stable.
     
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    No I mean is there any option in the interface for automatic upgrade/update? Otherwise how one could know if a new version has released!!
     
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    Currently there is not in 2.7.1.
     
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