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RSS BotMB to Hacker NewsEnglish · 21 days ago

Devious malware has jumped from Meta to Google Ads and YouTube to spread

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Devious malware has jumped from Meta to Google Ads and YouTube to spread

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RSS BotMB to Hacker NewsEnglish · 21 days ago
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This devious malware has jumped from Meta over to Google Ads and YouTube to spread - here's how to stay safe
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  • iamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    Don’t raw dog the internet, kids.

  • n3m37h@sh.itjust.works
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    21 days ago

    So an ad blocker is actually anti malware services now??

    • iamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.world
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      21 days ago

      Always was.

    • cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      20 days ago

      🌏👨‍🚀🔫👨‍🚀🌌

  • tiramichu@sh.itjust.works
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    Pretty misleading headline. The ads themselves don’t deliver malware, they’re just ads for an app which does.

    So yeah. Get an adblocker. Don’t see or click ads. Don’t install random apps that are advertised to you. Safe. :)

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