TOKYO (MacHouse) – Downloadable Software is just like Canadian Pharmacy and Canadian Health Care. It’s a well-known fake online store brand-name. And we’ve found another possible fake online store for downloadable software. This brand-name is Euro Software. One website is hosted at www.eurosoftmarket.com. (See Screenshot 01.) Another website with the same brand-name is hosted at www.superflysoft.net. (See Screenshot 02.)
 Screenshot 01 – Source: eurosoftmarket.com |
 Screenshot 02 – Source: superflysoft.net |
 Screenshot 03 – Source: superflysoft.net |
Let’s see what they have. They have Maxon Cinema 4D R10 Studio Bundle. Their price is only $149.95. (See Screenshot 03.) Whoa… When the software developer itself charges more than $3,000, you can buy the same software title for just $149.95?
Anyway, at either websites, there are several certificate labels. So let’s see if they are genuine. One of them is from Better Business Bureau. If you click on this yellow label, a window will pop up. (See Screenshot 04.) Then if you further click on the button that says BBB Report on Company… Actually, the same window now says that the label is invalid. (See Screenshot 05.)
 Screenshot 04 – Source: superflysoft.net |
 Screenshot 05 – Source: superflysoft.net |
 Screenshot 06 – Source: superflysoft.net |
How about the TRUSTe label? If you click on the label shown at www.superflysoft.net, a window will pop up. It says EuroSoftMarket.COM is a certificed licensee of the TRUSTe® Privacy Seal Program. Ohh… So this label is genuine, huh!? (See Screenshot 06.)
Not that fast… Let me go to TRUSTe’s contact page and click on the hyperlink that says Watchdog Dispute Resolution Form. (See Screenshot 07.) And I can check if a particular website is given a license to TRUSTe’s certificate. As shown in Screenshot 08, the website at eurosoftmarket.com is not given a license. How about the website at superflysoft.net? Screenshot 09 shows that this website is not given a license, either.
 Screenshot 07 – Source: TRUSTe |
 Screenshot 08 – Source: TRUSTe |
 Screenshot 09 – Source: TRUSTe |
By the way, we found the website of superflysoft.net only after receiving a spam message. (See Screenshot 10.) Looking at its domain registration, the domain of superflysoft.net is registered by someone named Joli Fuentes. (See Screenshot 12.) Meanwhile, the IP location of the website is 61.160.212.10. It’s likely that this website is hosted by ChinaNet Jiangsu Province Network.
 Screenshot 10 – Source: MacHouse |
 Screenshot 11 – Source: MacHouse |
 Screenshot 12 – Source: Domain Tools |
Considering the facts that they advertise their online software store (one at www.superflysoft.net) by sending a spam message and also that at least two of the certificate labels are fake, I wouldn’t buy anything from either online software stores. It’s most likely that they sell pirate copies or that these websites are installed to steal credit card data. Or would you trust these downloadable software websites?
References:
TRUSTe: Get in Touch with Privacy
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It is all very well to denigrate a company, but what about the quality and price of their goods.
I have bought copies, pirates before, with varying success. I will continue to do do so.
SO do you have any comments on the quality of the goods as opposed to their advertising methods
thank you
You don’t get an upgrade discount as you are never recognized as the valid licensee.