Microsoft, Washington State Sue Over 'Scareware'

Microsoft and the Attorney General's office in Washington have filed several lawsuits against a Texas company over those pop-up ads that scare people into thinking they have computer problems and then offer to fix them for a fee.

It's a "blatant rip off of consumers," Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna said in a news conference. Consumers were "duped into downloading a fake scan (of the computer) and then duped into paying for software they don't need."

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