Microsoft launches campaign against scareware vendors
Good for Microsoft. One of the scourges of the Internet, useless software products called scareware that make you think something is wrong with your computer, is now under attack for violating consumer protection laws.
Microsoft and the Washington state attorney general are suing a Texas-based company called Branch Software and its owner over false claims made about $39 program called Registry Cleaner XP which bombards consumers with annoying popup ads trying to frighten them into paying for the useless security program. Read more
