Office Depot Caught Selling ‘Fixes’ for Non-Existent PC Problems

‘Office Depot has discontinued a malware-scanning program, which it reportedly used to scam customers out of hundreds of dollars.
SecurityWatchThe retailer will no longer use PC Health Check following reports that it was recommending costly fixes for non-existent problems. The Seattle-based KIRO 7 news team recently took a pile of brand-new computers to six Office Depot locations around Portland, Ore. Technicians at four shops claimed the PCs showed “symptoms of malware,” and offered to sell repair and protection services for up to $180.
KIRO 7 brought the same computers to local security company IOActive, where experts found no malicious software—let alone any symptoms.’
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