Trojan Hunter - What is happening with it?

[MichaelJ]

Greetings,

For years I have been a licensed user through a number of versions and very well satisfied overall.

However, I recently became aware that v6 had been released by visiting the new support website.  The website had updated software and was streamlined to the point that you see only a bare-bones snapshot view of current posts.  I found the download url and installed v6.

My current license activated the full program, described as a simplified interface.  Gone were almost all options to customize scans using selected features.  To me, it was a bare-bones interface.

I then visited the new Trojan Hunter product website.  My impression was of a work in progress, with a graphic of the v5 interface and two different prices for a lifetime license.

Asked a question about the large (20meg+) daily ruleset updates, response was normal size.

I accessed the "about" feature in TH and found copyright Bytelayer AB.

Has Mischel sold TH?  Perhaps just a name change, or a spinoff? 

Any info would be appreciated.

Thanks, Mike

[Corrine]

Hi, Mike.

I hadn't visited the forums for Trojan Hunter in a long time.  You're right -- most definitely streamlined.  The "About Us" page hasn't been updated in some time, still showing "The latest update was released 2014â€'07â€'28".  It has reference to Magnus as founder but otherwise bare bones.  Looking at WhoIs information at http://whois.domaintools.com/trojanhunter.co, it certainly appears to be owned by the Swedish company Bytelayer AB and no longer listed as Mischel Internet Security.  Perhaps Magnus has retired. 

[Digerati]

The "About Us" page hasn't been updated in some time, still showing "The latest update was released 2014â€'07â€'28". 

Yeah, but if you click on the View Details button, it shows today's date and (as of this minute) 7969 Trojans added today (that's gone up 15 Trojans since I started typing this response).

So it seems the company and product is still in production but I doubt nearly 8000 Trojans just today were added manually. It would seem to be an automated process so who knows if any "warm body"  is really behind the wheel!