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Symantec Disavows Business Partner Caught Running a Tech Support Scam (malwarebytes.org)

Posted by timothy on from the one-hand-washing-the-other dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Malwarebytes has caught one of Symantec's resellers running a tech support scam that was scaring users into thinking they were infected with malware and then graciously offering to sell Symantec's security software at inflated rates. Malwarebytes played along with their scam and found out the company behind it was Silurian Tech Support, located somewhere in North India. Symantec told El Reg that it terminated the reseller's contract and will work with law enforcement to defend its brand and intellectual property.

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  1. Are ther any honest companies in India? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    The nearly two dozen I've worked with leads me to believe no.

    1. Re:Are ther any honest companies in India? by BarbaraHudson · · Score: 4, Insightful

      India has a long history of corruption. This should not be a surprise to anyone.

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    2. Re:Are ther any honest companies in India? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Ripping people off is just doing the needful. Revert this comment to agree or disagree.

    3. Re:Are ther any honest companies in India? by SeaFox · · Score: 4, Insightful

      India has a long history of corruption. This should not be a surprise to anyone.

      Must be why U.S. companies are so hot to work with them, the CxO's are happy to find some of their own across the sea -- but too stupid to realize they'll be treated the same.

    4. Re: Are ther any honest companies in India? by davester666 · · Score: 2

      that problem is for the next CEO.

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    5. Re:Are ther any honest companies in India? by antdude · · Score: 2

      Are any companies honest ANYWHERE today?

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    6. Re: Are ther any honest companies in India? by Bert64 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Cheap outsourcing gets you your bonus and increases the share price.
      When the outsourcer fails to deliver you've already taken your bonus and moved on, and the shareholders have sold on their shares for a profit. The resulting downsides are now someone else's problem.

      That's the whole problem with todays economy, it's geared up to encourage short term thinking.

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    7. Re:Are ther any honest companies in India? by Bert64 · · Score: 2

      Unfortunately many people who have lived all their lives in english speaking countries also make frequent english errors...

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    8. Re:Are ther any honest companies in India? by ruir · · Score: 3, Insightful

      It seems you do not use linked.in and facebook regularly. As a non-native speaker, - and mind you my tongue and grammar is radically different from English - it irks me people educated in an English speaking part of the world have systematically such a weak English. It really seems they do not care about it. And do not get me started on the sorry display they make of themselves when using technical boards.

    9. Re: Are ther any honest companies in India? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      However, it is still only US English and therefore not far off.

    10. Re: Are ther any honest companies in India? by BronsCon · · Score: 3, Funny

      And even more especially when you write "Specially" because you do not know any better. Please do a world a favor, and stop using the "Internet".

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  2. Watch out for those Silurians by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    They better check for tunnels underground, too. And maybe a blue police box.

  3. Silurians by thinkwaitfast · · Score: 2

    Aren't they the reptilian` lizard people?