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Just deliberately search in google, yahoo and bing for "download <insert popular software or game here>", find the obviously pay-per-install-crap ads, report th
by slipstream- 13y ago
Just deliberately search in google, yahoo and bing for "download <insert popular software or game here>", find the obviously pay-per-install-crap ads, report them. (say they try to get the user to download malware, which adware is.)
- Torn 13y ago'Download flash player' in Bing gives me a bunch of dubious sponsored links before the official installer. Google has taken the step of removing all of those and linking to the official installer first.
- aethr 13y agoLast I checked, the legitimate Flash installer from Adobe tries to install McAfee. And the Java updater for Windows tries to install the Ask toolbar on every update. I feel like these are programs I can't really avoid installing, either. Scum!