▲ 184 ▼ Be careful downloading Windows 11 apps from Google, 70+ fake sites are pushing malware right now (www.windowslatest.com) submitted 3 months ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world 33 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] FrostyPolicy@suppo.fi 22 points 3 months ago (2 children) Nothing new here. This has been the case forever. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 months ago (1 child) Yeah, this "similar enough sounding domain name" tactic is far from new, and they must just be using new SEO tricks to get their sites to surface to users, that or illegitimate ad services promoting them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago They’re actually usually optimized to get AI to serve you the download link… or in the case of agentic browsers, just find, download and run it for you. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 months ago (1 child) Yeah, this "similar enough sounding domain name" tactic is far from new, and they must just be using new SEO tricks to get their sites to surface to users, that or illegitimate ad services promoting them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago They’re actually usually optimized to get AI to serve you the download link… or in the case of agentic browsers, just find, download and run it for you. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago They’re actually usually optimized to get AI to serve you the download link… or in the case of agentic browsers, just find, download and run it for you. permalink fedilink source parent