http://www.viruslist.com/en/weblog?weblogid=197597102 Analyst's Diary No good deed goes unpunished Roel September 06, 2006 I think I speak for just about the entire security industry when I say that I really value the work of the people who help out on security forums. These people put in a lot of hard work and effectively it's all voluntary. Some of these people create tools to remove certain malware families/types, and these tools will be very popular within the communities that they belong too. Recently the tools created by members of one community have proved so popular that someone decided to copy them. Most of these tools are scripts, which means that they can very easily be edited. Normally editing is done to update the scripts so that they can detect new malware. Sadly, in this case someone has basically copied the scripts and put his own name to them. This copying and taking credit for other people's work has been going on for quite a while now. Normally ignoring such people is the best course of action, so as not give them any (more) attention, but I think a line has been overstepped. 'Pcbutts1' is actively promoting 'his' anti-malware tools which remove a number of threats. This is what people see when they go to his very recently updated downloads page. The people listed on this page are well respected within the security community and a number of them are actually Microsoft MVPs. It's 'pcbutts1' who is the fraud, not them. Let's hope 'pcbutts1' grows up - and fast. =================================================== Comments: 08.09.2006 07:10 | Atribune If you dont steal explain to me why smitrem the program you claimed was your last year had code written by another MVP and myself in it? You weren't even bright enough to remove my name at the time. Don't feed us your BS that you arent a thief and that you coded this for someone, we all know you are full of it. Dave Nelson MS MVP Windows - Security ---- 08.09.2006 21:03 | i_kenefick Post Reply I'm sure Roel is up to date :) Roel, I think I speak for all when I say that yes PCBUTTS1 has plagiarised his last piece of code. I thank you personally onbehalf of my feiend and colleague David Lipman (listed on PCBUTTS1 page) for making this public in the eyes of security vendors. For years he has protested his innocence in vain in alt.comp.virus/alt.comp.anti-virus. The truth hurts... time for PCBUTTS1 to feel the pain :-) Regards, Ian Kenefick http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm ---- 10.09.2006 02:54 | noahdfear I too thank you for publishing this, Roel. It's long overdue that pcbutts get more publicly exposed for the liar and plagiarist he is. I would also like to mention that he is hosting and distributing several well known software programs without proper licensing/consent, as well as distributing quite a number of copyrighted, non-redistributable files. My hope is that enough people see this blog, and others like it, to begin completely ignoring and or rejecting his suggestions in the newsgroups in which he trolls, in addition to more software vendors and affected authors jumping on-board the impending class action suit against him. This person has for the last year or so has been laying claim to several pieces of software which are used to fight malware. To just name a few: SmithRem-Used against many of the SmithFraud\Zlob infections. NailFix- Used against Aurora\Nail infections. RogueFix- Used against some variants of SmithFraud There are others as well. Some of these people he has allegedly ripped off are Microsoft MVPs. When confronted he slanders his accusers, calls them vile names and is overall not someone who you would trust. He changes his Whois info and tries to hide his identity. He even began to offer help to users via email to avoid any detection by the security community. Some of the originators of these scripts are contemplating legal action. But we all know how well that works on the Net. The only other recourse is to try and shame him into doing the right thing. But based on comments found via a Google search for pcbutts it's an unlikely thing he will because it appears the right thing just isn't in his genetic make up. But you can do the right thing, by spreading the word about this person. You can also do your part by complaining to the ISP hosting his site at: Mr. Scott Knowles Interland Shared Abuse Department Interland, Inc. 303 Peachtree Center Avenue, Suite 500 Atlanta, GA 30303 voice: 404-260-2477, opt 9 (ext 5260) abuse@interland.com You are welcome to freely distribute this file to anyone via any method you see fit. The more people who are informed of this code thief, the better. His ISP has been contacted over his hosting programs without permission and they seem to be ignoring us. Please send them an email letting them know you do not approve hosting websites that host other peoples programmes without permission. If your a customer of Interland, please consider doing business with a more ethical company in the future.
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