RevenueWire handled the sales and distribution of software and digital products for many developers and publishers worldwide. Federal Trade Commission for US$6.7 million. was co-founded by the same partners behind another Victoria, Canada tech company, RevenueWire, that recently settled fraud charges with the U.S.
What’s interesting in this case is that ParetoLogic Inc.
Since all these functionalities are offered by free tools built into the Windows operating system, many system optimizers are considered Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs), especially if they exaggerate the seriousness of possible improvements that can be made on a user’s system.Ī well-known example of a ParetoLogic product is PC Health Advisor: The ties with RevenueWire What they all had in common is that they fall in a category we refer to as “system optimizers.” This type of software combines some or all of the below functionalities: Many similar programs were marketed in very much the same way. SpeedyPC was not the only software issued by ParetoLogic. To avoid confusion, the Court will refer to the defendant only as SpeedyPC Software.” ParetoLogic software The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division set out under the notice that “SpeedyPC Software appears to be the trade name of a company known as ParetoLogic, Inc. In this context it is good to know that SpeedyPC Pro is the name of a program that the plaintiff purchased, and this program was produced, marketed, and sold by ParetoLogic. In the case at hand, the plaintiff Archie Beaton sued Defendant SpeedyPC Software (“SpeedyPC”), a British Columbia company, alleging that it was engaged in fraudulent and deceptive marketing of SpeedyPC Pro (“Speedy PC Pro” or the “Software”), a computer software product that claimed to be able to diagnose and repair various PC errors. RevenueWire denies the allegations, and issued a statement saying it settled to avoid protracted litigation and legal costs. The company ParetoLogic is involved in a US class action lawsuit in which it is accused of having circulated programs that would charge customers to fix non-existent computer problems.Īs we saw in our previous coverage, RevenueWire-acting under the name SafeCart-was charged under the accusation that they provided services as a payment provider for companies that were involved in tech support scams. Not only are these companies hailing from the same city, they also share some founders. Now, another Canadian company is under scrutiny, and the cases are very much related. A short while ago we reported on the FTC ruling against payment provider RevenueWire.
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