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Winfixer Is Targetted by Class Action Civil Suit

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Nick-YF19 Admin/Teacher Emeritus
Attorney Joseph M. Bochner filed a class-action civil suit last September in California Superior Court in Santa Clara County against two men the suit alleges are behind Winfixer, a purported security software. The lawsuit names Marc J. Cohen of Florida, and was amended last week to add James Reno of Ohio as an additional defendant, Bochner said. It seeks compensation and a halt to the distribution of Winfixer, among other remedies.

The suit was filed on behalf of Beatrice Ochoa, a mother of two who paid US$39.95 for Winfixer after it badgered her with repeated pop-up warnings that her computer had security threats. The program eventually rendered her computer's hard drive unusable, Bochner said. The suit counts another 100 anonymous victims.


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Nick-YF19 Admin/Teacher Emeritus
There's also a copy of a news story at Youtube which is pretty good.
NonSuch Administrator
This couldn't have happened to two more "deserving" fellows. :D