take_five_seconds [he/him, any]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agoGoogle pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive adswww.windowscentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up1163arrow-down12cross-posted to: anticorporate@lemmy.giftedmc.comgoogle@lemdro.idfirefox@fedia.ioprivacy@lemmy.mlhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstechnology@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
arrow-up1161arrow-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 · 4 months agomessage-square86fedilinkcross-posted to: anticorporate@lemmy.giftedmc.comgoogle@lemdro.idfirefox@fedia.ioprivacy@lemmy.mlhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstechnology@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
minus-squaresgtlion [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·4 months agoIncluding to vastly more malware ads…
minus-squareGrouchyGrouse [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·4 months agoGonna be really funny if it causes something that makes the whole crowdstrike thing look tame by comparison
minus-squareRyanGosling [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·4 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-up6·4 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.
Including to vastly more malware ads…
Gonna be really funny if it causes something that makes the whole crowdstrike thing look tame by comparison
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.