This Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) is a guideline and is not an all-inclusive listing of prohibited conduct. MalwareTeks reserves the right, in its discretion, to change or modify all or any part of this AUP at any time, effective immediately upon publication of this AUP.

Third-party posts may not contain or link to any "Objectionable Content". Objectionable Content means any content that:

1. infringes upon any copyright, trademark, trade secret or patent of any third party;
2. violates any obligation of confidentiality;
3. violates the privacy, publicity, moral or any other right of any third party;
4. is abusive, hateful, obscene, pornographic, profane, sexually-oriented, or vulgar;
5. is being used to harass, stalk or otherwise threaten a person;
6. is libelous, defamatory, knowingly false or misrepresents another person; or
7. is threatening, promotes violence, promotes discrimination (whether based on sex, religion, race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, age, or sexual-orientation), promotes illegal activities or otherwise contains materials that MalwareTeks informs the user that it considers objectionable.

While the administrators and moderators of this forum will attempt to remove or edit any generally objectionable material as quickly as possible, it is impossible to review every message. Therefore you acknowledge that all posts made to these forums express the views and opinions of the author and not the administrators, moderators or webmaster (except for posts by these people) and hence will not be held liable.

MalwareTeks, in its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes "Objectionable Content" under this AUP.

When posting or uploading (to, by way of example but not limitation, forum, forum profile, registration page, survey), a user must also:

1. Continue the general topic that is the focus of the thread;
2. Ensure that all postings made by the user are original materials created by the user, unless proper attribution is given to a third party;
3. Not post any advertising or promotional content for themselves or any third party;
4. Posting of spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes, solicitations, etc., etc., etc., are also inappropriate.
5. Not accept any compensation from a third party for placing any content in a posting;
6. Disclose all affiliations or relations necessary so that postings are not deceptive or misleading (i.e., if you are commenting upon a company and work for that company, then this should be disclosed);
7. Not knowingly link to any downloadable applications or other content which may be harmful to another user's computer;
8. Ensure that all opinions and statements are representative of the user's honest views; and
9. Not offer legal, financial or medical advice.

Members are prohibited from engaging in any solicitation activities in New York State intended to refer potential customers, including, but not limited to: distributing flyers, coupons, newsletters and other printed materials, or electronic equivalents of such materials; engaging in verbal solicitation, including in-person referrals or initiating telephone calls; and sending emails intended to refer customers. This does not include any prohibitions on normal website promotion activities.

Violation of any of the above conditions may lead to you being immediately and permanently banned (and your service provider being informed). The IP address of all posts is recorded to aid in enforcing these conditions. You agree that the webmaster, administrator and moderators of this forum have the right to remove, edit, move or close any topic at any time should they see fit.

Any violations of this Acceptable Use Policy should be sent to abuse@malwareteks.com

Updated: April 7th, 2010