Feds bust 2 phony anti-viruses sellers for millions in scams
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If you regular specific parts of the web, you've likely seen pop-ups cautioning you that your PC is plagued with all way of creepy-crawly infections. The advertisement is phony, therefore is the software application that it asks you to spend for, according to a brand-new Federal Trade Commission claim versus a set of counterfeit anti-viruses sellers.
FTC private investigators declare that Restoro and Reimage, 2 business lack the very same workplace in the Republic of Cyprus, have actually been scamming consumers with phony anti-viruses software application for many years. The 2 business have actually settled with American private investigators for $26 million USD, which the FTC states will be utilized to "supp...