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Winfixer Is Targetted by Class Action Civil Suit

 
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 6:36 am    Post subject: Winfixer Is Targetted by Class Action Civil Suit
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Winfixer got someone angry enough to start a civil class action lawsuit aimed at it.

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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.


More at Networkworld.com

There's also a copy of a news story about it on Youtube.


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PostPosted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:41 am    Post subject: WinFixer, Errorsafe et al.
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A local paper just published a story about the WinFixer case.

http://origin.mercurynews.com/business/ci_8668679

I have a wealth of information about WinFixer's perpetrators. It would be wonderful to have the interest and support of the Castlecops community!

Best wishes,

Joseph
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