How easy is it to get malware from Google?

How easily can you get infected with malware from a simple Google search? We do a couple experiments to find out and showcase common attacks used to hack your accounts.

[Pewafamath]

I was not ready for the turn off anti virus tutorial.

[SomeMina]

Google doing apparently nothing to vet their ads is both unsurprising and disgusting.

[m-copyright]

And they wonder why we use adblockers.

[MiyazakisPVPexperience]

Adblocking should be a basic human right

[gerald]

Google (who owns YouTube) spamming you with Malware. "Why are my users using adblockers? STOP IT!"

[CHONKU]

That comparison between the fake and real blender website gave me anxiety. I just downloaded it yesterday.

[CJ-M]

One of the biggest reasons why an adblocker is necessary. Yes, ads are annoying and blocking them has adverse effects on whatever service you are using. But the fact that there's malware in predatory ads is a big red flag.

[yashprogamer]

This shows that you need to be careful on the internet no matter how good you are!

[Sypaka]

Remember: When it says "Undetected", it doesn't mean the Anti Cheat. it means VirusTotal.

[estebanod]

Google should change the color of sponsored results to something like bright yellow-green or something

[michaelelkin]

This will never stop unless Google is held directly accountable for these malware links. Only then, when it really hurts in their wallet will this actually be fixed.

[roberthunter]

There are a million reasons why being able to buy ads to prioritize search results is a bad idea. Even a criminal one.

[Capt-Intrepid]

Google is grossly negligent. Thankfully, most reputable AV would block these downloads or execution.

[ChrisM]

The Internet, today, is STILL virtually 100% unregulated. They certainly opened the motherload of a can of worms when they released this onto the world.

[AshnSilvercorp]

2:01 You would think "Oh, that wasn't from Google search."

But it was hosted on their adware platform... So... yes, their ToS may say they are not responsible. But it... is hosting on their website, violating their own ToS with weak enforcement.

[HaveanOreshnik]

There was a time when there was fake OBS ad links that were malicious so probably a 7/10 likely

[jairo]

3:50 And that is the reason adblockers are good for you, even encouraged to use by the FBI.

[Flexin]

I downloaded vlc from Google search and windows didn't detect it. It was malware. I noticed the ssd light was on solid. I didn't have this problem after I installed mint on the same machine. Very fast too. Now it's got ublock, no script, etc. And im learning about linux too.

[onomee]

Get virus from google speedrun:

1 step: install google chrome

Congrats

[Tony_Sab]

those ads before the actual result that give unsafe websites are so stupid and its the primary reason that i am slowly switching to brave if google doesnt care about preventing mistakes to happen because of a fake ad then i can only imagine stuff that i cant see are