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		eviks on Oct 19, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google-hosted malvertising leads to fake Keepass s... Isn't ignoring ads easier (so 0. Use an adblocker)? How often would a scam rank higher than the legitimate domain? Maybe also 4. use a package manager?

avery17 on Oct 19, 2023 [–]

Ads always appear at the top so scams always rank higher than legitimate domains.

eviks on Oct 19, 2023 | [–]

no they don't

> (so 0. Use an adblocker)

Also it's easier to ignore them than manually entering urls with a typo leading you to some other unsafe domain

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