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   翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 23-Apr-2023 14:19:44 JST 翠星石

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   • DarkMahesvara
   @DarkMahesvara Yes, most ads don't even show up unless you run proprietary JavaScript, so they're indeed malware.
   
   I wouldn't refer to having a browser that doesn't execute proprietary malware automatically as having "blocking" functionality really.
   
   
   The article refers to a proprietary trick where an ad convinces a sucker to install 2 proprietary malware programs, with one with far more malicious features - rather than the ad itself being the malware, but I would say the ads JavaScript would qualify for that as well - so 3 proprietary malware programs I guess?
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     DarkMahesvara (darkmahesvara@varishangout.net)'s status on Sunday, 23-Apr-2023 14:19:45 JST DarkMahesvara
     https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-ads-push-bumblebee-malware-used-by-ransomware-gangs/