The US Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit alleging that two antivirus software packages, Restoro and Reimage, are counterfeit goods that have defrauded customers out of “ten of millions” of dollars.
FTC investigators apparently went undercover and purchased the alleged malicious software four times. They discovered that the software consistently lied, telling them that they had a slew of viruses and security issues on their machines when, in fact, they did not. 404Media and Court Watch were the first to report the news.
One Restoro scan reported to the FTC that their test PC had 522 vulnerabilities that needed to be repaired. A Reimage scan discovered 1,244 so-called “issues,” which the software classified as “PC privacy issues,” “junk files,” “crashed programs,” and “broken registry issues.” According to the complaint, these flaws were part of a larger scheme to offer buyers fraudulent “repair” tools.
After installation, the software prompted the user to call a phone number to “activate” the software. However, the FTC claims that this is also part of the scheme, as the phone call
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