Three Accused of Conning Buyers in Software Scheme



For instance, when marketing their AdvancedCleaner program, Defendants disseminate
exploitive advertisements that redirect consumers from the website they are viewing to the AdvancedCleaner website. Defendants then display a "system scan" that purports to search consumers' computers for "privacy violations." As the scan unfolds, Defendants display a series
of hard-core pornographic pictures, which the Defendants falsely claim reside on consumers' computers. The Defendants then offer consumers the opportunity to rid their computers of these images by downloading and installing AdvancedCleaner.