Office Depot ditches its bogus PC scanning software
Nov22
Last week, stationery retail giant Office Depot was discovered recommending unnecessary PC repairs to customers, citing ‘symptoms of malware’ even on brand-new computers purchased at its own stores. Seattle-based KIRO TV News, which first reported the story, noted that those repairs could cost as much as $180 and the diagnosis had no basis in reality. What’s worse is that Office Depot claimed to conduct roughly 6,000 PC health checks a week. Thankfully, that seems to be coming to an end. Ars Technica reports that Office Depot and its sister chain OfficeMax will no longer use the dubious malware scanning software.…
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