Office Depot, OfficeMax, Support.com cough up $35m after charging folks millions in ‘fake’ malware cleanup fees

Office Depot and Support.com have coughed up $35m after they were accused of lying to people that their PCs were infected with malware in order to charge them cleanup fees. On Wednesday, the pair of businesses settled a lawsuit brought against them by the US Federal Trade Commission, which alleged staff at the tech duo falsely claimed software nasties were lingering on customers’ computers to make a fast buck.

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