Marketing Misusing ESET’s Name

[Bugbatter]

From ESET:

Yesterday I was advised by a researcher working for another security company of a story he'd heard from one of his colleagues based in the UK, concerning an attempt to sell what was claimed to be ESET antivirus software.

The individual concerned had received a phone call from someone claiming to be from Microsoft, and informing him that  notification had been received concerning a virus infection on his PC, and offering to help him to install antivirus software. When asked what antivirus software was being offered, the caller claimed that it was ESET's....

...We are taking appropriate steps… In the meantime we'd suggest that if you receive phone calls like this, that you assume the worst. But if anyone has first-hand experience of this – well, let's be polite and call it a marketing exercise – I'd be very interested to hear from them. In particular, I'd really like to know what it is these guys actually install, if anything!

http://www.eset.com/blog/2010/06/23/marketing-misusing-esets-name

[PCBruiser]

That sounds identical to the scam we have been seeing called FixOnClick.  More info here http://spywarehammer.com/simplemachinesforum/index.php?topic=4968.0  I also contacted the gentleman from ESET to give him a "heads-up" on the striking similarity between the two scams.