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>Turns out, what they mean is "don't use Google to search for software you wish to download". I think the reality is more like "when you search for software on
by jaclaz 4y ago
>Turns out, what they mean is "don't use Google to search for software you wish to download".
I think the reality is more like "when you search for software on Google do not use links in the ads that you get at top of the results".
Though of course there may well be "normal" results leading to shady sites, the issue talked about is related to advertisement results.
- detaro 4y agoor shorter: "use an adblocker"
- deburo 4y agoIt's pretty effective too, I often ask colleagues to download this or that app and just giving its name, but they keep falling for Google Ads. Now I send them an URL instead. If I didn't know any better, I would think about suing Google for boosting malware spread x) As an aside, I'm always suspicious of free utilities being downloadable from well-designed hosting websites, such as www.fosshub.com. I'm less suspicious downloading it from a very basic, almost plain text web page, for whatever reason.
- MSFT_Edging 4y agoThis is funny, I was confused in a different way, as I typically check the URLs to make sure I'm not getting scammed, and I have not noticed an influx whatsoever. Then I read this and realized I have not seen those google search ads in years unless I'm setting up a new machine. I always found the 8 ads before results to be absolutely evil and now its causing real damage.