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"By agreeing to the settlement, SoftwareOnline.com, Inc., and its chief technology officer David W. Plummer, of Redmond, admit multiple violations of the state Consumer Protection Act. Specifically: 1) inducing computers users to download and purchase its products by making false claims that the computer is at risk; 2) transmitting software that generates multiple advertisements; 3) offering an uninstall option that did not remove all the software, and 4) engaging in "negative option billing,” resulting in consumers being billed for items they did not affirmatively request."
https://www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-releases/attorney-general-s...