Fake Technic Pack Website

[Roushk]

*MOD EDIT*: Lets not give them exposure shall we?
 
Assuming the download is Malware. 
 
Just FYI for anyone.

Edited July 7, 2014 by Neowulf

[Neowulf]

Yeah. Domain lookup says it's a cheap amazon AWS hosted page with the owner hidden by an anonymity service in panama.

 

Possibly malicious, but actually looks like a sad attempt to profit off open source software (which the launcher is) by automatically bundling it with tollbars in a windows installer.

[vernes]

But has anyone from technic contacted AWS?

[Neowulf]

If the download contains malware then anyone can report them.

 

But looking it over it looks like it's just a semi-legal scam.

They don't overtly claim to be technic, just offer a download for open source software.

The screenshot may look like an offical technic thing, but that's just a screenshot of the program working.

And they do include contact info that is not here.

 

They're doing a really good job at attempting to confuse people into thinking they're the official technic download without actually making that legal claim.

Here's a relevant clip of the idea.

[miniboxer]

It's packaged with some nasty adware.  It's pretty bad and leaves a bad impression on those who don't know about technic.

[Doomzzday01]

What if that is the real technicpack website and this is the fake one?

[disconsented]

What if that is the real technicpack website and this is the fake one?

Then you would be a conspiracy nut job who didn't take the time to research the situation