A panel of judges voted 2-1 that, "We hold that the phrase "otherwise objectionable" does not include software that the provider finds objectionable for anti-competitive reasons." Despite this, Malwarebytes won the case on its merits after the Supreme Court denied their writ of certiorari on the immunity issue. Engima appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the court reversed the lower court's decision. On November 7, 2017, Enigma's case was dismissed by the US District Court. The lawsuit arose after Malwarebytes' software began targeting SpyHunter as a potentially unwanted program. In October 2016, Enigma Software filed a lawsuit against popular security software vendor, Malwarebytes, for anti-competitive behavior. In March 2017, Enigma Software announced in a press release that a settlement had been reached in the lawsuit against Bleeping Computer, and that both cases would be dismissed. In turn, Bleeping Computer filed a lawsuit against Enigma Software also for an alleged smear campaign. It alleged that the latter engaged in a smear campaign with the purpose of driving potential customers away from SpyHunter to affiliate competing products. In February 2016, Enigma Software filed a lawsuit against Bleeping Computer, a computer support website. The reviewer concluded, "Enigma SpyHunter 4 does what it promises, eliminating active malware and killing malware that launches at startup.
It is designed to remove malware, such as trojan horses, computer worms, rootkits, and other malicious software. SpyHunter is an anti-spyware computer program for the Microsoft Windows ( Windows XP and later) operating system. Registered edition: Semi-annual Subscription Free edition: Shareware personal use only