Bonzi Class Action Suit Settled: No Foolin'!

Posted by timothy on Wednesday May 28, 2003 @05:57AM from the not-even-a-slap-on-the-wrist dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to this article in the Toronto Star, a class action suit against Bonzi Software has reached a settlement. Bonzi will not pay damages but will be required to stop using fake user interface (FUI) style error messages to trick users into clicking on their banners. This is a big win for the community as it will help to improve the Internet's ailing perceived user experience. Most of you have seen Bonzi's banners, and probably most of you won't admit to having been fooled by them at some point. Well, imagine how many novice computer users were tricked into installing again, or paying for software they really did not need. Congratulations and thanks to Lukins & Annis for a job well done. Interestingly, bonzi.com has been returning connection refused all day. This is usually one of the net's busiest sites."

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Re:Fooled? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-05-28 06:14 · Score: 0, Troll

The only people fooled were Windows users

Because the software they're trying to push is windows only. (And thats 99% of the internet)

You're a twit if you just assume everyone that runs windows is an idiot. >60% of slashdot readers run some flavor of windows on their main PC (according to their poll, at least).