[The Exiled]

Plummer left Microsoft in 2003 to start his own company, SoftwareOnline LLC, a software vendor. Plummer claimed that the company went on to sell millions of copies of first and third party utilities software for Windows. In 2006, SoftwareOnline was sued by The Washington State Attorney General's Office for alleged violations of the Consumer Protection Act after complaints were made about two products called "Registry Cleaner" and "InternetShield". SoftwareOnline agreed to pay $150,000 in civil penalties, plus $250,000 that was ultimately suspended following compliance with all terms in the settlement, as well as $40,000 in legal fees. He also founded Xeriton Corporation during this period, whose major product was the Blue Phone technical support service. In December 2009, Xeriton was sold to Support.com for $8.5 million.

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