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MacKeeper May Have To Pay Millions In Class-Action Suit

Posted by samzenpus on from the pay-the-piper dept.

jfruh writes: If you use a Mac, you probably recognize MacKeeper from the omnipresent popup ads designed to look vaguely like system warnings urging you to download the product and use it to keep your computer safe. Now the Ukranian company behind the software and the ads may have to pay millions in a class action suit that accuses them of exaggerating security problems in order to convince customers to download the software.

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  1. Re:Pennsylvania by sverdlichenko · · Score: 3, Informative

    In April 2013, ZeoBIT, which now lists its headquarters as Sunnyvale, California, sold MacKeeper to a company called Kromtech Alliance Corp. Kromtech was closely affiliated with ZeoBIT in Ukraine, and many employees of ZeoBIT transferred to the company, which lists its headquarters as Cologne, Germany.

    It is exactly like this. And even without it, having this lawsuit settled is cue enough.