Security News > 2020 > February > Duped into running bogus virus scans at Office Depot? Dry your eyes with a small check from $35m settlement

Victims of dodgy IT support from Office Depot will start receiving compensation checks, a US consumer watchdog said Thursday.

The payouts come from a 2019 settlement the retail giant reached with the FTC, after the biz was accused of letting employees and a computer support provider trick punters into paying for unneeded malware cleanup and security software.

Office Depot agreed to fork out $25m while not admitting liability.

Now, customers can at least take some consolation in a night out, or at least a nice bottle of wine, from their share of the Office Depot payout, plus $10m from Support.com, to settle the FTC's deceptive practices lawsuit.

In its court filing [PDF], the FTC said Office Depot customers were in some cases charged as much as $300 for bogus malware repairs and unneeded security software.

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