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-square92fedilinkarrow-up1176arrow-down12cross-posted to: anticorporate@lemmy.giftedmc.comgoogle@lemdro.idfirefox@fedia.ioprivacy@lemmy.mlhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstechnology@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmit.online
arrow-up1174arrow-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-square92fedilinkcross-posted to: anticorporate@lemmy.giftedmc.comgoogle@lemdro.idfirefox@fedia.ioprivacy@lemmy.mlhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstechnology@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmit.online
minus-squareRyanGosling [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·3 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-up7·3 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.