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Answer» About time..
Microsoft Corp. and the STATE of Washington this week filed lawsuits against a slew of "scareware" purveyors, scam ARTISTS who use FAKE security alerts to frighten consumers into PAYING for worthless computer security software.
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I'm pretty sure it's also Washington who has been handing out big sentences to spammers. Good for them!!This should have happened long ago.
If I had a nickel for every time I've seen that Registry Cleaner XP pop-up...This is a bitter sweet moment for anyone in PC repair, good because the threats will be gone. Bad because the people won't come into the shop asking to remove the thing that keeps telling them to buy something. Though I'm sure this won't completely rid the web of the scareware, It'll put a dent in it. Which is, as I've SAID, a bittersweet moment for anyone in computer repair. The field which, I'll soon be entering.
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