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I had the same experience. I will say this: at least I have not seen malvertising campagins slip through (that I have seen). That is the biggest and perennial

• hermitdev 3y ago
  Malware is the reason I continue to run an ad blocker. The ad purveyors won't accept responsibility for the shit they shovel (and good luck attributing to which ad network something slipped through after the fact), so they don't need to run shit on my computer. I have been bit my ad delivered malware before while at work. Not a pleasant experience, and of course everyone assumes that you _most_ have been doing something dodgy like watching porn.
  • RajT88 3y ago
    Heh. You talk about unpleasant experiences at work. I had a colleague pull me into a side call, because his Chrome browser started randomly popping up porn sites. Turns out - one of his extensions he had installed had gotten purchased by someone shady, and it started doing crazy shit. Once he removed the extension, it was fine again. But the extension was made by someone reputable, and well-reviewed in the chrome web store. Yes, the maker may have gotten hacked, but it's also apparently common for extension makers to not ask too many questions when someone shows up with a check for 10-20k.