"We open the browser, which happens to be Chrome in most places, and we just type the name and click whatever comes first."Recently, "we have ads that are malicious that are shown at the top [of the browser page]," said Segura.“A lot of the time what I see is those [scam] advertisers are using specific services to do cloaking and that in itself should raise a flag to Google.
However, Segura does have one trick up his sleeve to try and eliminate the risk of clicking a cloaked link.That way you have access to the real site, no matter what comes up in your search engine results. Alternatively, web users can download a free extension from Malwarebytes called Browser Guard – which is not only an ad blocker but helps the cybersecurity firm maintain a data base of malicious sites.Best Phone and Gadget tips and hacks
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