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What is the worst experience you have ever had involving Viruses/Malware? (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Was reading about the latest malvertising exploit on bleepingcomputer when lo and behold, said malvertising ad hit and tried to take over my PC.

That was the last time I used the internet without an adblocker.

I do have to admire the irony of a malvertising ad hitting bleepingcomputer on the article about said ad.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

I think lot of people don't realize that you can get malware just from browser vulnerabilities, and not just from downloading and running malicious files. Adblocking isn't just an issue of annoyance, it's an important security tool.