"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."
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