Microsoft finally did the right thing by ridding the Windows Store of 1,500 scams and copycat apps. But here’s one thing it’s not yet doing: Actively searching out users who paid for the fraudulent apps and paying them back.

Microsoft yesterday began purging the Windows Store of offending apps. Todd Brix, general manager for the Windows Store, blogged that the company has so far removed 1,500 apps, hinting that more may be removed.

The blog itself didn’t go into much detail about why the apps were removed, other than saying Microsoft was removing “titles that do not comply with our modified certification requirements.”

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