Updates available for apps I don't own

I'm receiving updates to applications I don't even own.  I searched my whole Mac for Angry Birds, and I obviously don't have it.  Why am I getting this and how do I get rid of it and the dumb badge icon?
Thanks

Why am I getting this
The truth? You have installed a pirated app on your Mac. An app that the pirates have cracked with the Mac App Store (MAS) receipt from the free app Angry Birds, that was downloaded with the stranger's account that is appearing in the MAS on your Mac.
how do I get rid of it and the dumb badge icon?
Get rid of the pirated apps that you have downloaded for free instead of buying them from the MAS. Perhaps it was promoted as a trial version.
Search the ASC for pirated app and you will see that I have alerted many folks to removing the pirated apps that was causing this on their Mac.

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