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Your uncle’s frozen Mac says it’s infected after viewing a Google ad. Now what?

Friday, September 25, 2026


A malware distribution campaign used online advertisements to direct users to fake security warning pages that claimed their devices were infected.

Original reporting: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/09/google-ads-caught-delivering-convincing-scareware-ads-to-unsuspecting-users/

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