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A Twitter campaign organized by Microsoft to get Android users to share their malware "horror story" in exchange for a chance to win a new Windows Phone handset has backfired.
Here's the tweet that kicked it off, using the #DroidRage hashtag:
Interesting idea, but I'm sure that these are not the sorts of responses that Microsoft was hoping for:
Others are just having fun with it:
While there's no doubt that malware targeting the Android platform exists, this seems like a somewhat desperate and ill-thought out campaign. I would have thought that Microsoft would have learned from its mistake when it tried the same thing last year, but alas not.
If you want to check out some of the best #DroidRage tweets, check out the DroidRageous Twitter feed.
