Microsoft has finally begun cleaning out the Windows Store by killing 1,500 scams and copycat apps. But by turning the other way when bad apps were uploaded, and maybe even paying for them, Microsoft was part of the problem.

Among the 1,500 killed apps are many scams, such as a $4.99 “VLC Player Download,” which is not a download, and merely points you to download the VLC Player, which is free. Before the Microsoft crackdown, the How-To Geek published an investigation of the store, finding:

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