Report Says ComputerCOP Software Cops Give Away Is “Spyware”

Digital rights group says it’s time for law enforcement “to take away ComputerCOP’s badge.”

How Investing in the Cutting Edge Can Bleed You Dry

What consumers should know about software tethering.

Policies

Scareware Suit Settled but Consumers Don’t Really Win

A little over a year after being sued for “falsely identify[ing] computer problems and characteriz[ing] them as “severe” in an attempt to scare consumers into purchasing its software,” Ascentive, the…

Tech Support Scam

A reader describes her experience with a recent suspicious call. We just got a call on our home number from a man with an Indian or similar accent claiming to…

Are You Infected?

Cyber bandits hijacked more than 4 million computers in an Internet ad fraud scheme before the FBI took them down in November 2011. The massive Estonian-run botnet that had infected…

Systweak’s Advanced Driver Updater Software

Greenway Software for Healthcare Providers

Allegations: Misrepresenting that its software for submitting medical billing to insurance companies is 98 percent accurate

iYogi’s Computer Support Services

Certain Acer Computers

Allegations: Misleadingly marketing Acer computers with AMD Ryzen or Athlon processors with firmware TPM modules

iOS Software Updates for iPhone 4s

Allegations: Misleadingly representing that the iOS 9 software was compatible with and would improve the performance of the iPhone 4s when the update slowed down the performance of phones and…

Grand Theft Auto V

Mazda’s Traffic Software

Code 42 Software’s Automatic Renewal and Continuous Service Offers

Symantec’s Norton Software with its AntiVirus Decomposer Engine

Entertainment Software Association

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) is an association based in D.C. that is exclusively dedicated to serving video game companies.  The group lobbies Congress and other legislative bodies extensively in…

Data Transfer Rates of HP Desktop Computers

Lenovo Legion Desktop Computers

Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that computers will reliably function for games, graphic design, and other everyday uses when they freeze and crash due to a defect

Lenovo Legion T5 28IMB05 Desktop Computer

Allegations: Falsely representing that computers will function reliably and run smoothly when they frequently freeze and crash

Lenovo’s Flex 5, Yoga 520, and Yoga 730 Laptop Computers