Malwarebytes turns piracy problem into an opportunity

The makers of the popular anti-malware software Malwarebytes have a bit of a piracy problem on their hands. They decided that instead of looking at it as a problem, as most companies would, they decided to approach it as an opportunity.

Malwarebytes decided that instead of trying to punish pirates, they would extend an offer of peace. They are calling it an “amnesty program" and here’s what they plan on doing…

They’re going to offer free product keys to anyone who uses their software who might have obtained their current key through less-than-official channels.

It doesn’t matter if you paid an untrustworthy seller for a shady key or if you happened upon a Malwarebytes key posted on an underground forum. They’ll give you a 100% legit key and let you activate Malwarebytes Premium at no cost! The license is good for a 12 month subscription, so the hope is that former pirates will grab a legit key, use it, and then figure out that Malwarebytes is worth a few extra bucks a year.

Malwarebytes is still a relatively new challenger to more well-known apps like Norton and Kaspersky, but it has already posted some very impressive marks in some comparative tests.

Now, some pirates simply won’t care about being offered “amnesty.” Some of these users are people who already found a way to get the software without paying at all. It’s not like Malwarebytes has anything to lose by making an attempt to bring them back into the light! Although, since they’d probably just pirate again, jump ship for another app that was easy to pirate, or fall back to a free Anti-Virus like Avast, or AVG.

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