Google continues to struggle with cybercriminals running malicious ads on its search platform to trick people into downloading booby-trapped copies of popular free software applications. The malicious ads, which appear above organic search results and often precede links to legitimate sources of the same software, can make searching for software on Google a dicey affair.
Use Winget and/or Chocolatey.
aard@kyu.de 10 months ago
You nowadays even need to pay attention on Android as you might get an “software related to what you’re currently trying to install” with an install button on top of the install button you want - in the location where the install button used to be in googles playstore. Whoever came up with that stupid idea needs their computer privileges revoked for the rest of their life.
nix@merv.news 10 months ago
Wait whatt? Can you share a screenshot?
aard@kyu.de 10 months ago
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