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> clicking 30-50 links randomly as fast as you can in your browser This will not give you malware. It might temporarily bog down your system though.

• nanoscopic 12y ago
  This is not a naive statement by me caused by assumptions. I actually did exactly this with a patched modern browser and good antivirus and my system became infected in the process. Mind you I indiscriminately clicked on known "bad" advertisements in the process of doing this. Don't believe me? Try it for yourself. It is actually very easy to get malware if you click around foolishly. Also, I have written multiple web crawlers, and have collected a large variety of JS based malware that can and does break modern browser security just in the process of fetching domain homepages. ( JS code embedded directly in index.html on domains )
  • adam12 12y ago
    > Mind you I indiscriminately clicked on known "bad" advertisements OK
  • MichaelGG 12y ago
    If you're correct, you've uncovered some 0days in the wild. Go figure out which site, capture what happens, and turn it in to the respective browser developers for a nice bug bounty. Or, you know, maybe they aren't wasting a 0day on "obviously bad advertisements".
    • nanoscopic 12y ago
      That's actually a really good idea. Thanks. :)