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Don't show ads for scareware / rogue software on Windows Live / Microsoft sites
I can't believe Microsoft (at least in Italy) shows scareware and rogue software ads on its websites, for example "registry fixers" that simply remove some unused keys showing every item as "ERROR" and asking the user to pay to proceed deleting these keys.
Don't accept this kind of ads on Microsoft websites, becuse:
* It's negative ads for Windows (the avarage user thinks it is a necessary tool for a Windows PC)
* "Registry fixers" are useless software that bloat PCs and reduce user confidence for Windows
* They display fake alerts and ads once installed
* They are often difficult to uninstall
* The user pays for a software that fixes non-existent problems
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Discussion (1 comments)
Erm they wont remove it because they get paid good money to show crap like that.
+1 though
antiufo wrote on September 18, 2009, 11:51am
Changed title from [Don't show ads for scareware / rogue software] to [Don't show ads for scareware / rogue software on Windows Live / Microsoft sites].
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