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Context: Dave Plummer left Microsoft to found a company which peddled fake antivirus/security crapware, and only after that grift fizzled out did he rebrand him

Context: Dave Plummer left Microsoft to found a company which peddled fake antivirus/security crapware, and only after that grift fizzled out did he rebrand himself around the work he did at Microsoft. https://www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-releases/attorney-general-s-office-sues-settles-washington-based-softwareonlinecom https://www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-releases/attorney-general-s...

alt227 2y ago
If he really wants to further this 'nice old Microsoft guy' image that he is pushing on youtube, he should really do a video on the truth behind the whole SoftwareOnline.com situation.
voidUpdate 2y ago
He's also apparently threatening legal action against people who discuss it https://x.com/endermanch/status/1820726634485350727 https://x.com/endermanch/status/1820726634485350727
- blueflow 2y ago
  Honestly, if someone made a YT video about me with a thumbnail like this, i would sue for defamation, too.
  - jsheard 2y ago
    If you weren't ever found guilty of defrauding consumers then you might well have a case, but Plummer doesn't have that luxury.
- _JamesA_ 2y ago
  Direct link to the YT video in question. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GeF9AjlqP8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GeF9AjlqP8
abhinavk 2y ago
Have any people from Microsoft corroborated what he claims? Whatever I have heard of him is all from his channel and articles citing him. But then Dave Cutler and Raymond Chen appeared on his channel for hour-long Windows history podcasts so maybe that's an endorsement of his claims.
ziml77 2y ago
Not surprising. That man seems so off. Like how he always says he's just doing his videos for the likes, while at the same time using the videos to advertise his book. Or how he leans so heavily into having worked at Microsoft but then doesn't actually seem to have worked on more than a handful of projects there (his videos get repetitive).
hypeatei 2y ago
> The company has marketed its products through pop-up ads and unsolicited e-mails that offer a “free scan” of the computer. If a user elected to have the free scan performed, a software program downloaded, installed, and executed on the user’s computer. > Once the free scans were installed, consumers were trapped in a labyrinth of advertisements to purchase an upgrade,” Tassi said. “Each new advertisement increased the consumer’s sense of fear, repeatedly warning of threats the computer faced if the user didn't purchase the product. In some instances, the ads kept coming until the free scan software was uninstalled or the consumer purchased the product. But the uninstall option didn’t always work properly and parts of the software remained on the computer.
- stuaxo 2y ago
  Read that in DavePL's voice for some reason !

alt227 2y ago

If he really wants to further this 'nice old Microsoft guy' image that he is pushing on youtube, he should really do a video on the truth behind the whole SoftwareOnline.com situation.

voidUpdate 2y ago

He's also apparently threatening legal action against people who discuss it https://x.com/endermanch/status/1820726634485350727 https://x.com/endermanch/status/1820726634485350727

blueflow 2y ago
Honestly, if someone made a YT video about me with a thumbnail like this, i would sue for defamation, too.
- jsheard 2y ago
  If you weren't ever found guilty of defrauding consumers then you might well have a case, but Plummer doesn't have that luxury.
_JamesA_ 2y ago
Direct link to the YT video in question. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GeF9AjlqP8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GeF9AjlqP8

abhinavk 2y ago

Have any people from Microsoft corroborated what he claims? Whatever I have heard of him is all from his channel and articles citing him. But then Dave Cutler and Raymond Chen appeared on his channel for hour-long Windows history podcasts so maybe that's an endorsement of his claims.

ziml77 2y ago

Not surprising. That man seems so off. Like how he always says he's just doing his videos for the likes, while at the same time using the videos to advertise his book. Or how he leans so heavily into having worked at Microsoft but then doesn't actually seem to have worked on more than a handful of projects there (his videos get repetitive).

hypeatei 2y ago

> The company has marketed its products through pop-up ads and unsolicited e-mails that offer a “free scan” of the computer. If a user elected to have the free scan performed, a software program downloaded, installed, and executed on the user’s computer. > Once the free scans were installed, consumers were trapped in a labyrinth of advertisements to purchase an upgrade,” Tassi said. “Each new advertisement increased the consumer’s sense of fear, repeatedly warning of threats the computer faced if the user didn't purchase the product. In some instances, the ads kept coming until the free scan software was uninstalled or the consumer purchased the product. But the uninstall option didn’t always work properly and parts of the software remained on the computer.

stuaxo 2y ago
Read that in DavePL's voice for some reason !