Reuters: Microsoft Faces Class Action Over Virus Crashes
Microsoft Corp. faces a proposed class-action lawsuit in California based on the claim that its market-dominant software is vulnerable to viruses capable of triggering “massive, cascading failures” in global computer networks.
The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, also claims that Microsoft’s security warnings are too complex to be understood by the general public and serve instead to tip off “fast-moving” hackers on how to exploit flaws in its operating system.
The lawsuit claims unfair competition and the violation of two California consumer rights laws, one of which took effect earlier this year and is intended to protect the privacy of personal information in computer databases.
