Malwarebytes wins US case over 'potentially unwanted program' classification of vendor's software

Nicholas Fearn
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Enigma Software's case against Malwarebytes thrown out

A US court has dismissed a lawsuit against security software maker Malwarebytes from a company that claimed that the classification of its software as "potentially unwanted programs" was a "tortiou...

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