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

Posted by BeauHD on Sunday December 16, 2018 @07:07PM from the step-by-step dept.

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 by Anonymous Coward · 2018-12-16 20:33 · Score: 2, Interesting

Yep. Same is the problem when one buys a second hand machine which has been wiped. The machine has a sticker with the license number, but MS actively tries to make it hard to use. Likely they hope to sell the license again. Perhaps they should consider their strategy again, as once people find out the piracy way, their next office license number will not be made by MS.