Kromtech

Kromtech Alliance Corp.
Private Company
Industry Computer software
Security software
Founded Germany (2013 (2013))
Headquarters Cologne, Germany
Area served
 U.S.
Products MacKeeper
Website

Kromtech Alliance Corp. is a German-based international IT investment and development company that develops software and provides customer support services for Apple's Mac OS. Kromtech Alliance Corp[1] owns and distributes MacKeeper, Memory Keeper, and the anti-theft application Track My Mac.

Products

MacKeeper

MacKeeper is a software and a service for the Mac OS X to optimize, clean, and protect a computer system. Kromtech's MacKeeper is a bundled utility of 17 Mac tools and remote support service that has received mixed reviews and in 2016 was given 6.5 out of 10 by the independent site top 10 reviews.[2] Some MacKeeper advertisements pose as online malware scanners claiming to have found malware on a user's computer and prompting the user to download a removal tool, which is actually the MacKeeper setup wizard.[3] Kromtech Alliance Corp. purchased MacKeeper from the developer ZeoBit in April, 2013. Under ZeoBit a class action lawsuit was filed against MacKeeper because the company allegedly deceived users into paying for unneeded fixes. The lawsuit was settled in 2015 for US $2 million[4][5] with no admission of wrongdoing.

MemoryKeeper

MemoryKeeper is an app for controlling the memory usage on a Mac computer. It frees up Random-access memory or RAM and has automatic cleanup setting that gives priority. Kromtech Alliance Corp. released MemoryKeeper in November 2014 and it has been well received on Apple's iTunes.[6]

Track My Mac

Track My Mac is an anti-theft application launched in February 2016. It allows users to lock and unlock a lost or stolen computer remotely and to photograph whoever is using the lost or stolen computer.

Awards and Partnerships

Partnership with Avira

In June 2014, Avira licensed[7] its antivirus technology to Kromtech Alliance Corp. The licensing agreement allows Kromtech to use Avira’s Secure Antivirus API (SAVAPI), the official interface for Avira’s anti-malware scanning engine. Avira’s anti-malware scanning technology runs as a service in the background, accepting the scan requests from MacKeeper.

Kromtech and Chris Vickery

In December 2015 security researcher Chris Vickery discovered a misconfigured database of 13 million encrypted Kromtech accounts.[8] In January 2016 Kromtech Alliance Corp and Chris Vickery announced a partnership to establish a security research center.[9]

Other

In October 2017, Kromtech discovered a leak of the health data of 150,000 patients.[10]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.bloomberg.com/profiles/companies/1343408D:GR-kromtech-alliance-corp
  2. ↑ http://mac-antivirus-software-review.toptenreviews.com/kromtech-mackeeper-review.html
  3. ↑ "A multi-purpose fake online scanner". Malwarebytes. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Settlement - MacKeeper™". MacKeeper. Kromtech Alliance Corp. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  5. ↑ http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/adblock/?dest=/article/581543/mackeeper-customers-can-file-claim-get-their-money-back/
  6. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/memorykeeper/id689992800?mt=12
  7. ↑ "AVIRA News - Avira Licenses Anti-Virus Technology to Kromtech To Power MacKeeper Security". www.avira.com. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  8. ↑ Fox-Brewster, Thomas (2015-12-14). "MacKeeper Leaks 13 Million Mac Owners' Data, Leaves Passwords Open To Easy Cracking". forbes.com. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  9. ↑ "After database debacle, MacKeeper hires the security researcher who outed vulnerability". Digital Trends. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  10. ↑ HealthITSecurity. "Kromtech Security Discovers Health Data Breach of 150K Patients". HealthITSecurity. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.