Microsoft Apologizes for Serving Malware

dark_15 writes "Microsoft has apologized for serving malware via its websites and Windows Live Messenger software. APC reader Jackie Murphy reported the problem: 'With Microsoft launching Vista along with their Defender software to protect users from viruses and spyware, it seems therefore to be an oxymoron that they have started to putting paid changing banner advertisements for malware, on the popular MSN groups servers.'"

Comments

Motive?

[Brian Gordon]

To get users to buy Vista to get Windows Defender.

Slashdot is the worst malware

[microbee]

Each time I click a link from it, the browser freezes.