If that's what's going on, that wouldn't be a "variant," just a rogue using our name. Your friend might be mistaken about the product name, too....
Yes - rogue would have been a better term, did not mean to imply it was legit. I sent him the link and he says he typed it in manually. I guess he could have mistyped or had a hosts file issue. He is waiting on restore disks from dell, I suggested he try a repair before a full install.