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To: Vendit™ who wrote (92907)	2/19/2016 10:43:38 PM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110628

Reid, thanks for posting the alert for antivirussales.com Since I bought malwarebytes premium there a few days ago and saw no problem [my installed MWB did not pop an alert] I just now decided to go there again: still no alert. But I have adblock plus activated. Could be the alert you saw was due to an ad? I've run several scans with MWB since first going to that site and my PC came up clean.

To: Vendit™ who wrote (92907)	2/19/2016 11:13:21 PM
From: Gottfried	1 Recommendation Recommended By Doug Coughlan Respond to of 110628

here is a site that checks web addresses for safety without going to them. I entered antivirussales.com there and it got a clean bill of health urlvoid.com I know that could have changed Malwarebytes, for instance, has a data base of insecure sites and I don't know how accurate it is. Better to err on the side of caution

To: Vendit™ who wrote (92907)	2/20/2016 3:46:50 PM
From: Eric L	2 Recommendations Recommended By goldworldnet vireya Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110628

Malwarebytes Premium Lifetime License available from AVS ... << I work for a Fortune 100 company in an IT area and read your post below today from work. When I clicked the link you posted, our firewall blocked the website that houses this download. The FW blocks all malicious code or improper content. ... >> A heads up (particularly one from an IT Pro or staffer even one with no SI profile which sets a flag for me) about a questionable website or product ad on that website or the product itself is always welcome, so thanks very much for your diligent advisory of what you experienced when you clicked on the embedded link I provided from your Fortune 100 employer's protected DPE. FYI (and that of others participating here) the embedded long https URL I provided for the Malwarebytes Premium Lifetime License available from 'AVS/antivirus sales.com' and the similar but slightly different https URL that Josh provided were not links to the 'AntiVirusSales.com, LLC website' itself but to an AVS/antivirussales, LLC ad on that website for the particular lifetime product license they are selling and which we purchased and considered to be an exceptional value ... ... I won't repeat the URL I provided which is still active on my original post and on your post to me in reply but the http (as opposed to https) website URL (much shorter with no product ID) itself is antivirus.com and you might want to check that URL on your work computer to see if it also is blocked, and if it is, determine why it is. I personally consider it to be a reputable site and a very useful one for AV/MW information although the license keys were the 1st product I've actually purchased there. As its product ad points out: "You are purchasing a lifetime, perpetual product key to be used for the activation of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware PREMIUM on one PC. You will download the software directly from Malwarebytes' website. Malwarebytes is a trademark of Malwarebytes Corporation. Neither AntiVirusSales nor Malwarebytes endorses or sponsors one another in any manner" (although TrendMicro and others do). I should point out that in order to purchase the product one needs to create an AVS account and submit a PayPal credit card or PayPal payment. They acknowledge their own payments as opposed to a 3rd party. The acknowledge the payment with by emails (2) and you log back into the site to obtain the product (the license key) before downloading Malwarebytes Anti-Malware PREMIUM or upgrading the existing registered Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Freewith the Lifetime PREMIUM key (which I did). In the whole process no alarm flags were set by excellent and extremely well rated integrated soft firewall (Norton Internet Security Smart Firewall), by IOBit's Advanced System Care Pro run shields up, by the server blacklists of my email provider, (Verizon FIOS) or my email client (Mozilla Thunderbird). I've subsequently done full threat deep scans with Norton Security, Malwarebytes PREMIUM, IOBit's AntiMalware, and EmiSoft Emsisoft anti-malware. I've also accessed it with AdBlock Plus enabled and disabled. Nothing has been flagged and there is no sign of suspicious activity anywhere (including my bancard processor who shows AVS as processing the payment). Personally I'm extremely satisfied with the product I purchased from AVS and all aspects of the transaction. << "The FW blocks all malicious code or improper content." ... "Our firewall does not take issue with ads unless the ad itself contains something bad. ..." ... "It is more than likely putting something or will put something on your Windows OS if you download from the link that you don't want." >> While your advisory is appreciated I take issue with the wording of each of those statements as follows: • Your employer's FW (presumably a commercial 'business class product') does not necessarily "block all malicious code or improper content," is not infallible, and some of what it does block may not be either malicious, improper, or a "bad" ad. It blocks what the FW provider or your employer's site admin(s) consider to be actually or potentially malicious or improper. • Nothing wrong with your personal "advice" which we are all free to heed or ignore but it is definitely not necessarily "more than likely putting something or will put something on your Windows OS if you download from the link that you don't want" or access the website or more properly the website's product ad it flagged. • Nothing wrong with an employer blocking Adobe Shockwave Flash on employees workplace DPE. Your employer is not alone amongst its peers in doing so. I'm not about to block it., and don't Flash users should exercise caution, keep it update, be cautious in using it, should they choose to use it configure it using their browsers' safeguards, heed its advice . [In my case in Firefox I flag the option "ask to activate" and advise others to do others should they chose to use the plug-in and if they don't chose the "never activate" option. [The 4 month article from ESET's "WeLiveSecurity" you posted is valid at the time, but very old and obsolete news] Respectfully, - Eric L. -

To: Vendit™ who wrote (92907)	2/22/2016 11:34:04 AM
From: goldworldnet	3 Recommendations Recommended By Eric L Gottfried Vendit™ Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110628

Hi Reid and thanks for your input. I checked antivirussales.com with the Better Business Bureau with safety, integrity, and legitimacy in mind, however in your case a company computer blocked the site. There could be a number of reasons for this. In particular, company computers can be far more discriminating about websites and downloads for obvious reasons. Also, the browser you use can affect whether a website is deemed acceptable or not. Another website I like is oldapps.com, however it has trouble with downloads on Chrome, but Firefox does not have a problem with them. All this said, our computers should be equipped with adequate protection and when websites are flagged or blocked so we can decide whether to proceed further. Thanks Again, Josh * * *