Microsoft WGA Second Lawsuit
Microsoft has been hit with a second lawsuit regarding the Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) software that was recently released. The class-action suit was filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Seattle, just four days after the first one. This suit alleges WGA is spyware and that Microsoft mislead consumers by labeling it as a critical security update. It also says that Microsoft did not make users aware that WGA frequently contacted its central servers. Users have complained WGA is flawed, identifying legitimate copies of an OS as fraudulent. Last week, Microsoft changed some features of WGA, including adding an option that let users turn off warnings that their OS may be invalid and the frequency with which WGA communicated with its servers. The suit calls for compensation and for Microsoft to warn users of the risks of using WGA. They also ask for a tool to remove the program.
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