“While the devices used to test the purchased software and services had no performance or security issues and were also running antivirus software, scanning them “revealed” hundreds of issues requiring repair, including “PC Privacy issues,” “Junk files,” “Crashed Programs,” and “Broken Registry issues.””
FTC investigators bought Restoro and Reimage on clean, antivirus-protected PCs and got told they had hundreds of problems. The $58 repair plan led to a telemarketer pointing at routine Event Viewer warnings and upselling a $499.99 platinum fix. The FTC says the take ran to tens of millions of dollars, mostly from older people. The penalty is $26 million and a promise to stop lying. For a business built on fake warnings, that is a cost of doing business.