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March 2016: This action was voluntarily dismissed, the reasons for which have not been disclosed. The named plaintiff’s individual claims were dismissed When a complaint is dismissed with prejudice, it cannot be refiled. and the class members’ claims were dismissed When a complaint is dismissed without prejudice, an amended version of the complaint can be refiled..
May 2014: A class-action lawsuit was filed against iS3, Inc. for allegedly deceptively marketing the STOPzilla software, including STOPzilla AntiVirus and STOPzilla AntiMalware. Among other things, plaintiffs claim that the company uses the “free” trial version to induce consumers to purchase the full version because the trial version is programmed to always find threats and report that the consumer needs to purchase the full version to fix the problems. (Smith et al v. iS3, Inc., Case No. 14-cv-80693, S. D. FL.).
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