New Microsoft adware rules could stop another Superfish security scare

From March, adware on Windows will have to be easily removable and not able to hijack users' connections

Microsoft will "detect and remove" insecure adware from Windows PCs in 2016, the company has announced.

The move could prevent a repeat of Lenovo's embarrassing self-inflicted security hole from March this year, by requiring that any advertising-based software only use a web browser's official methods for installation, execution, disabling and removal.