This would be a very tempting source of income - from The Register:
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.
The lawsuit, filed in southern Florida, claimed the two companies, including Office Depot subsidiary OfficeMax, from 2009 until November 2016 misrepresented the state of consumers' computers by using a sales tool designed to convince people to pay for diagnostic and repair services.
There are some really good free-for-personal-use utilities out there. Keeping your PC virus free is just common sense.
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