Tag: Adware

  • Adware vs ad fraud like fake news

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    Last night 60 Minutes did a piece on fake news —  “What’s ‘fake news’? 60 Minutes producers investigate.” An example was shown of “bots” being used to inflate the popularity of an online comment or posting on social media. Well, the same trick is used by criminals for ads, as noted in this Malwarebytes blog article. Adware: any software application that shows

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