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Dave Plummer: The Man Who Scammed Millions (in 2006)

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An investigative look into SoftwareOnline.com, a company founded by former Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer that was accused of distributing scareware.

Hello, my friends! Let's hit 20K likes? Check out my website! enderman.ch ❗Dave took down this video with a fraudulent copyright strike in the morning of April 13th, 2025. The video was reinstated in the evening of April 14th, 2025. x.com/endermanch/status/1911338535002550324 Today I am going to tell you a tale of SoftwareOnline.com, the website the original creator of the Task Manager Dave Plummer prefers to keep away from the public eye. I'm going to review the scams that took place, the malware that has been shared and the story of the failed «Mini-Microsoft» Dave has conceived, and how it took a wrong turn. Thanks everybody for the critical feedback, in this video I hopefully did a better job. The feedback is always golden to me! Don't be afraid to grill me, friends. I'll keep you posted. *New stuff:* SammSoft/Xeriton scandal — twitter.com/miklos_akos/status/1817329524054335641 *Materials:* Pieces published by SoftwareOnline — github.com/Endermanch/MalwareDatabase/tree/master/davepl Secrets of the Autistic Millionaire — amazon.com/Secrets-Autistic-Millionaire-Everything-Aspergers… Court press-release — atg.wa.gov/news/news-releases/attorney-general-s-office-sues… SoftwareOnline.com complaint — agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploadedfiles/Another/New… SoftwareOnline.com court order — agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploadedfiles/Another/New… Watermark debunking by Kirb — adamdemasi.com/2024/07/24/windows-nt-4-start-menu-watermark.… Twitter investigation — twitter.com/endermanch/status/1816062653988495839 SoftwareOnline.com — web.archive.org/web/20021127051757/http://softwareonline.com… SharewareOnline.com — web.archive.org/web/20020602004830/http://www.sharewareonlin… AdServer — web.archive.org/web/*/adserver.sharewareonline.com* Store — web.archive.org/web/*/store.sharewareonline.com* Personal site — web.archive.org/web/20031126025154/http://plummer.sharewareo… CW article — computerworld.com/article/1593468/internetshield-vendor-pays… Adware evidence — bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/118918/slow-login-65-processes… *Allegations:* • news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39811604 • news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39813625 *Dave's responses:* • twitter.com/davepl1968/status/1815859807561343276 • twitter.com/davepl1968/status/1815862221634953264 • twitter.com/davepl1968/status/1815560815073980478 *Old video:* youtu.be/ENQNG85sXRs *Password:* mysubsarethebest Still got questions? Don't hesitate, send them to contact@enderman.ch! Hope you have a great day! #endermanch #investigations #softwareonline

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On “Happy 30th Birthday to Windows Task Manager. Thanks to Dave Plummer for this little program. Please no one call the man.”

…to it: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/rb2xzk/dave_plummer_aka_daves_garage_former_microsoft/ - Was once sued for tricking users into installing fake software/malware with scary fake warnings: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/rb2xzk/dave_plummer_aka_daves_garage_former_microsoft/hnmggno/ (there is also a YouTube video on the topic link to this video - Has tried to falsely copyright strike the above video multiple times and in this process someone found another scam company he setup following the previous one being sued (https://x.com/miklos_akos/status/1817329524054335641) that has the same scam software - Has made numerous bogus claims about involvement in the FAT and NTFS file syst…
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