Windows Live Messenger of Doom

As if Microsoft did not have enough on its security plate, what with the launch of Vista followed by the chorus of ‘it is not quite as secure as you would have us believe is it’ from the worlds media, things only go from bad to worse for the Seattle giant. News has emerged that Microsoft's Windows Live Messenger client has been displaying dodgy banner ads for several days. Not dodgy in the usual really bad bit of Flash animation or why would I want to buy a blade server for my bedroom kind of a way. Bad in an oh goodness me that banner ad is trying to install malware on my system kind of a way.