WinSoftware
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WinSoftware Ltd is a company that develops security software such as firewalls, anti-virus programs and registry cleaners. The most known products that the company has developed is WinFixer, WinAntiVirus and WinAntiSpyware. The products has been widely criticized because they may give exaggerated reports of threats on computers, and for the pop-up windows that may appear on some web sites which may redirect the user to a WinSoftware site, regardless of the user click "OK" or "Cancel". The company's slogan is "Professional security for home computing".
Winsoftware Ltd., claims to be based in Liverpool, England (Stanley Street, postcode: 13088.) However this has been proven false [1]. For starters, 13088 is not a valid UK postcode format — Stanley Street is in the city center of Liverpool (linking to Mathew Street, home of The Cavern) so it should carry an L1 prefix. Also, the street itself is in a quarter of the city center dominated by shops, galleries, boutiques, restaurants and pubs — There are offices for solicitors, employment bureaus and accountants but not small businesses or software houses. However, 13088 is the postcode for Liverpool, New York; see here. The city in question does not have a street called "Stanley Street".
The company name, WinSoftware, may be derived from the Microsoft Windows abbreviation "Win" joined with the word software.
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