The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has urged netizens to install ad blockers to avoid being taken to malicious hacking sites and installing viruses on their computers. It has been reported TechCrunch.
The FBI noted that cybercriminals often distribute their malicious resources as websites of well-known brands. According to the agency, scammers’ ads often show up in search results.
“It’s easy for users to confuse this with real search results. There may be little difference between scammers’ sites and real companies’ sites,” the FBI said.
TechCrunch said that ad blockers will allow you to remove unnecessary elements from sites, thereby reducing the load on the system. Blockers also allow you to get rid of ad trackers from companies like Google and Facebook (the owner of Meta is recognized as an extremist and banned in Russia).
It was previously reported to be in the popular Google Chrome browser since January 2023. stop working Ad blocking extensions including AdBlock.