Microsoft ad pulled by ASA

The Advertising Standards Authority of SA (ASA) has ordered that a Microsoft ad implying that its software will bring about the extinction of the hacker is to be pulled for being "unsubstantiated and misleading".

"Microsoft's software is littered with vulnerabilities"

To see the ad - which depicts a Mammoth, a dodo, a sabre tooth tiger and the other soon to be extinct species - a hacker , just click on the read more link.

Full story available at itweb.co.za

An objection was lodged by freelance journalist Richard Clarke, in his personal capacity, who complained that the advert was untrue. Clarke described Microsoft's claim as "laughable".


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