take_five_seconds [he/him, any]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 months agoGoogle pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive adswww.windowscentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1164arrow-down12cross-posted to: google@lemdro.idfirefox@fedia.ioprivacy@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
arrow-up1162arrow-down1external-linkGoogle pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive adswww.windowscentral.comtake_five_seconds [he/him, any]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square88fedilinkcross-posted to: google@lemdro.idfirefox@fedia.ioprivacy@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
minus-squareRyanGosling [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 months agoI once stood behind someone and watched them click on a banner ad that says “DOWNLOAD NOW!” while trying to download Notepad++ They didn’t see it on the list of apps, so they refreshed the page and clicked on a different download banner ad and installed a second malware lol
minus-squareTabitha ☢️[she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoalmost all of those general websites for winblows executables seem to have ads pretending to be download buttons, like 100% of the time, it seems like natural fauna of the windows ecosystem at this point.
I once stood behind someone and watched them click on a banner ad that says “DOWNLOAD NOW!” while trying to download Notepad++
They didn’t see it on the list of apps, so they refreshed the page and clicked on a different download banner ad and installed a second malware lol
almost all of those general websites for winblows executables seem to have ads pretending to be download buttons, like 100% of the time, it seems like natural fauna of the windows ecosystem at this point.