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Dec 13th, 2010 @ 1:24am
This was a great viral marketing campaign for avast.
on
Avast Claims Single Pro License Installed 774,651 Times Around The Globe
Around 770,000 user systems are/were sending mutiples of emails daily with a footer message with a web link direct to
http://www.avast.com/
as follows;
avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean.
Virus Database (VPS): 9/12/2010
Tested on: 10/12/2010 7:51:19 AM
avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2010 AVAST Software.
Avast chose to let this run for almost 18mths and then gloat about how many pirated copies they "detected". Who's fault is that?
Running a sting operation such as this does not help their credibility as reputable software vendor.
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Got it
This was a great viral marketing campaign for avast.
avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean.
Virus Database (VPS): 9/12/2010
Tested on: 10/12/2010 7:51:19 AM
avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2010 AVAST Software.
Avast chose to let this run for almost 18mths and then gloat about how many pirated copies they "detected". Who's fault is that?
Running a sting operation such as this does not help their credibility as reputable software vendor.
Techdirt has not posted any stories submitted by ashlee.
Submit a story now.