We wanted to issue this special warning as some less-than-honest torrent sites are now reporting bogus software downloads that capitalize on the popular “Ambigram Generator” name to tempt visitors to their site. These downloads are always malware.

For example, this is one listing that reports what is “available for download”:

96 Downloads to NOT try (unless you are a virus collector)

As we mentioned in a recent article, the real Ambigram Generator contains many gigabytes of data and a huge amount of logic to operate. There would be no practical way to “download” the Ambigram Generator.  The legitimate Ambigram Generator operates exclusively over the Internet (which is the most efficient way to use it anyway).

Let’s state that very clearly, so there is no doubt:

EVERY SINGLE SO-CALLED “DOWNLOAD” OF THE AMBIGRAM GENERATOR IS BOGUS.

Yes, every one of them. There is no such thing. So, what are these downloads? They are viruses, trojan horses, malware and other types of nasty software that you definitely do NOT want on your computer.

We will immediately update this page if a legitimate download of the Ambigram Generator ever exists, but there is no such thing today.

Update: The same phenomenon has started to occur with other related phrases as well, like “Ambigram Font”. Please see our ambigram font page for more information on ambigram fonts.

The only legitimate tools for creating ambigrams are listed on our ambigram creators page.

This public safety announcement has been brought to you by Ambigram Magazine (ambigram.com).