Microsoft wants to hear about your Android malware problems.. so it can promote Windows Phones

So much for the season of goodwill to all man.

That certainly counts for nothing between warring rivals in the smartphone business, if the following tweet is to be believed.

Do you have an Android malware horror story? Reply with #DroidRage with your best/worst story and we may have a get-well present for you.

— Lumia (@Lumia) December 5, 2012

Yes, Microsoft’s official Windows Phone account clearly thinks that spreading stories about Android phones suffering from malware equates to better sales of Windows Phones. Just in time for Christmas! Kerrching!

Need more convincing? Just take a look at what Microsoft’s Windows Phone was saying yesterday (with a generous plug for the newly-published Sophos Threat Report):

Readers of Naked Security will remember that Microsoft tried the same tactics last December, where it first started using the hashtag #droidrage.

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