MCAffee ad claims BitDefender is virus

[PrntRhd]

See this screenshot sponsored on Google by McAffee:
screenshot (http://www.dslreports.com/r0/download/685170~a4f574cd86ef0677c79046dd49f2af85/googlelink.jpg)
McAffee has some explaining to do!
:rolleyes:

[Budfred]

If this is not an obscure joke, the destination of that link has changed...

[PrntRhd]

That link goes from the real image to Barney!
Thanks Budfred.
At the bottom see the BitDefender press release showing the problem.

Here is the original article describing the problem: software.silicon (http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39124519,00.htm)

BTW, Google did the right thing and the ads no longer appear on searches for BitDefender.

BD press release (http://www.bitdefender.com/bd/site/presscenter.php?menu_id=26&n_id=115)

[PrntRhd]

The story:
BitDefender antivirus software is called a "virus" in an advertisement on Google.com. The ad copy reads "Remove Bitdefender virus. Clean your PC if already infected" and links to the mcafee.com website, more specifically, to a page that advertises McAfee antivirus software. The sponsored link appears when a search for "BitDefender" is performed on google.com.

So who is at fault? The affiliate who placed the ad is clearly to blame. No getting around that. Google slipped up by allowing the ad to appear. And McAfee is guilty of nothing more than allowing people with questionable character into their affiliate program.