Symantec wins $3.1 million default judgment
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[Contributed by Mick C. of Whizardries]
Symantec said Wednesday that it has been granted a $3.1 million default judgment in its California lawsuit against an accused software pirate.
In April of 2004, Symantec charged that Sam Jain and several co-defendants created fake pop-up ads telling consumers that their Symantec software was preparing to expire and needed to be renewed. People who fell for the trick were sent to a Web site selling pirated versions of the Symantec’s Norton SystemWorks, Norton AntiVirus, Norton Ghost and PC Anywhere products. Symantec also alleged that Jain and his co-defendants…
