The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/GetYerHandOffMyPen15 on 2024-12-06 13:58:37.

Original Title: TIL that an $80 Windows program sold in 1995 claimed to double your system’s RAM. Researchers found that it just changed a system setting users could change for free, and reported false system information to the user. After an FTC settlement, buyers got a $10 refund.