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minus-squareRyanGosling [none/use name]hexbear15·1 month 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 link
minus-squareTabitha ☢️[she/her]hexbear7·1 month 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. link
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.