LDTate
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I found this article last night and thought some of you might get a kick out of it.
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/arti…ion_to_ftc.html
So the creators of Antivirus XP are ordered to pay 8.2 Million to the FTC….. Victory!!! …..Wait a minute. The article said that they sold more than 1 million software products at $39.95. So that sounds to me like a profit of over 39.9 million dollars minus 8.2 million dollars paid to the FTC.
So basically even if you get caught, peddling Scareware is still a profitable business. Guess it's safe to say this isn't going away anytime soon.
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/arti…ion_to_ftc.html
So the creators of Antivirus XP are ordered to pay 8.2 Million to the FTC….. Victory!!! …..Wait a minute. The article said that they sold more than 1 million software products at $39.95. So that sounds to me like a profit of over 39.9 million dollars minus 8.2 million dollars paid to the FTC.
So basically even if you get caught, peddling Scareware is still a profitable business. Guess it's safe to say this isn't going away anytime soon.
