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QwertyChouskie t1_it9r9fm wrote

Reply to comment by FrontAd8693 in TIFU by downloading malware onto my laptop when I tried to get a game by FrontAd8693

Still get uBlock Origin though, having a good adblocker is as important, if not more, than antivirus nowadays.

There was a recent post here on Reddit warning about the top result for MSI Afterburner (a legitimate, free utility) being an "ad" that went to an identical website but the download contained a keylogger or something along those lines.

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laplongejr t1_itgqgkj wrote

uBlock origin and as the cherry on top, a network-wide DNS blocker like Pihole, Adguard or NextDNS

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reevanas t1_itr9juf wrote

I mean what you've described is a Google Search Network Ad which an Ad Blocker wouldn't even block. Scammers have been using Google Ads for a while now to do this.

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QwertyChouskie t1_itrzn9e wrote

I don't know what adblocker you are using that doesn't block Google Search ads but sounds like it's time to switch...

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