Certain Acer Computers

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

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

Data Transfer Rates of HP Desktop Computers

Lenovo Laptops and Desktop Computers

Allegations: Deceptively advertising discounts from artificially inflated original prices

Maingear

“Significant imported content” means computers can’t be marketed as “Built in the USA.”

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…

Logitech Video Home Security Systems

Allegations: Misleadingly representing that its security systems would provide reliable home security and consumers would be able to view videos on their computers, smartphones, and tablets when the security systems…

Truth in Cat-vertising

Why are there so many cats in ads now, anyway?

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…

Oh, Verizon

Navigating the minefield of wireless customer service.

Lenovo Legion T5 28IMB05 Desktop Computer

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

iYogi’s Computer Support Services

Feds Force Shut Down of Bitcoin Mining Company

Consumers never received costly machines advertised as helping them obtain the virtual currency.

FTC Actions against Payment Processors

A review of lawsuits the FTC has filed against companies and individuals that process credit and debit card transactions.

Subscriptions to Hulu

Max My Speed

SanDisk Extreme Pro SSD and WD MyPassport SSD Portable Hard Drives

Allegations: Misleadingly advertising hard drives as reliable

What Happens When Human Marketers Are Replaced, But Human Viewers Are Not

And why the problem is even worse when those human viewers are kids.

Smarten up about Cell Phone Fraud

There are now over 6 billion cell phones in use around the world.  Just like everyone else, the con artists and fraudsters are also leveraging the rise of cell phone…