Originally Posted by Jens Van Assterdam

Microsoft Files Lawsuit Against Scareware Scammers

The attorney general filed the lawsuit against a Texas firm called Branch Software and Alpha Red and its owner James Reed McCreary IV. The suit alleged that Mr McCreary's company "sent incessant pop-ups resembling system warnings to consumers' personal computers.

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