Microsoft falls victim to shady 'scareware'
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Microsoft said it moved quickly to remove a banner that appeared on its instant-messaging program for a software application that falsely hypes security threats on a user's computer.
"We immediately investigated the reports and removed the offending ads, as this is a violation of our ad-serving policy," wrote Microsoft spokeswoman Whitney Burk, in an e-mail Tuesday.
Last week, computer security analysts noticed two s for Winfixer -- a self-described security program that also goes by the name ErrorSafe -- on Windows Live Messenger.