Microsoft Pulls 'Nauseating' Online Ad

If Vista leaves you queasy, Internet Explorer 8 wants to do you one better.

The Seattle Times is reporting that Microsoft has pulled an an ad, featuring Dean Cain promoting the company's Internet Explorer 8 web browser.

As the Times describes the ad:

A wife gets online after her husband has used the computer, and is so horrified by what she sees, she repeatedly spits up on the floor. He slips, falls on the floor, and she continues to spit up on him. The tag line is O.M.G.I.G.P., as in "Oh my god, I'm gonna puke."

The ad promotes Internet Explorer's privacy browsing feature, which many have dubbed a porn mode. It allows the user to browse without leaving a trail in the browser.

I found this version of the ad, but it could be gone by the time you view this. Which is probably a good thing. I don't know. I'm thinking Microsoft should make Office less obnoxious to use before it uses puke in a commercial.

You can read the Seattle Times piece, here.

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