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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:That's it? by NoKaOi · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They might get fined? That's it?

    Exactly, "exaggerating security problems" - yeah, how about fraud?

    Can't they be sent to the Eastern Front to fight the Russians?

    In the USA, they would be given an award and probably sue Apple based on a patent titled "METHOD OF ALERTING USERS TO SECURITY PROBLEMS ON A COMPUTER."

  2. Yes please by Trogre · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If this pans out perhaps we can get legal precedence against the horrible online ads that tell you there were 349856 problems detected with your computer.

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