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Office Depot, OfficeMax, Support.com cough up $35m after charging folks millions in 'fake' malware cleanup fees
2019-03-27 23:54

Tech support outfits settle out of court after allegations of bogus infection symptoms to extract repair charges Office Depot and Support.com have coughed up $35m after they were accused of lying to people that their PCs were infected with malware in order to charge them cleanup fees.…


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