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All the more reason to use an adblocker. Online ads are the most common way that malware gets injected into otherwise trustworthy websites.
by waselighis 4y ago
All the more reason to use an adblocker. Online ads are the most common way that malware gets injected into otherwise trustworthy websites.
- RajT88 4y agoYeah! I recall discovering recently my father had a coin miner malware on his laptop, which had been acting slow for a while (a year). Upon discovery, my mother gave him some hard side-eye. But I explained the whole malvertising thing, and that seemed to placate her. Don't get me wrong; he probably was looking at naughty pictures. But I actually think he's more likely to have gotten that from a legit site.
- acdha 4y agoI’m reminded of the time I opened nytimes.com and the ad Google served started a download for a .exe file. It wasn’t well targeted to my Mac but if you do that to a million people the number who’ll think it’s a trustworthy site and run it will be greater than zero.
- scarface74 4y agoAnd how does that help when organic search leads to malware?