Bing Recommends Piracy Tutorial When Searching For Office 2019 (zdnet.com)

aafrn writes: Microsoft is sending users who search for Office 2019 download links via its Bing search engine to a website that teaches them the basics about pirating the company's Office suite. This happens every time users search for the term "office 2019 download" on Bing. The result is a Bing search card (highlighted search results) that links to a piracy tutorial that teaches users how to install uTorrent, download a torrent file, and install an Office crack file. Fortunately, the torrent download links are down, but experts believe the link was used to spread malware.

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Re:It's not obvious how you get Office

[dohzer]

At the end of your rope, you then ask a search engine to find it

You're only "at the end of your rope" once you've tried all the other search engines before being forced to use Bing.

Fortunately?

[hcs_$reboot]

Fortunately, the torrent download links are down

Slashdot has changed :-(

Malware

[drinkypoo]

"experts believe the link was used to spread malware."

Nah, they were only distributing office, not windows 10.