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Chrome google Dropbox search leads to fake website
Hey Dropbox,
Please pay attention to these printscreens.
I was about to download your setup and the first result was the below link which redirects to a phishing website. User can download a setup and then installs who knows what from the publisher "ExpoWave Technology OÜ" which has its financial residence in Estonia.
Overall, the result is also sponsored!!!
Maybe you want to investigate it!
HERE THE LINK FROM CHROME, BUT OBVIOUS DO NOT DOWNLOAD/INSTALL ANYTHING
https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwjkltGZy9OFAxXMmIMHHcQaD-MYABAAGgJlZg&ase=2&gclid=Cj0KCQjw8pKxBhD_ARIsAPrG45neeHMrec23F_CfL88svJ3LiE1uk4RVbHF5kQPv6xKXa6xIcFeVUGoaAgtREALw_wcB&ohost=www.google.com&cid=CAESVeD24qYnggV4SP4S-Z_24zS0seoTDAuvAhncj1VWoJgiroV_a7Xd9qv8HCnyGP1PXcDmgDAevhGvNtqZA0sf6a1phjGWuuYZ8URYBbYAyyWVC1Chcrg&sig=AOD64_0UAlDbFgZ5jErA0XgsNIMFGESVxQ&q&nis=4&adurl&ved=2ahUKEwjP2cmZy9OFAxVh_7sIHe8gA684ChDRDHoECAAQAQhttps://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwjkltGZy9OFAxXMmIMHHcQaD-MYABAAGgJlZg&ase=2&gclid=Cj0KCQjw8pKxBhD_ARIsAPrG45neeHMrec23F_CfL88svJ3LiE1uk4RVbHF5kQPv6xKXa6xIcFeVUGoaAgtREALw_wcB&ohost=www.google.com&cid=CAESVeD24qYnggV4SP4S-Z_24zS0seoTDAuvAhncj1VWoJgiroV_a7Xd9qv8HCnyGP1PXcDmgDAevhGvNtqZA0sf6a1phjGWuuYZ8URYBbYAyyWVC1Chcrg&sig=AOD64_0UAlDbFgZ5jErA0XgsNIMFGESVxQ&q&nis=4&adurl&ved=2ahUKEwjP2cmZy9OFAxVh_7sIHe8gA684ChDRDHoECAAQAQ
HERE THE LINK FROM CHROME, BUT OBVIOUS DO NOT DOWNLOAD/INSTALL ANYTHING
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levelboy a écrit :
... the first result was the below link which redirects to a phishing website.
You clicked on a sponsored link. That means someone, not necessarily Dropbox, placed an ad on Google using Dropbox as the keyword, and they pointed it to their own site. This is one of the main reasons why you should never click on a sponsored link or any other ad on a Google search.
Anyone is able to do this and it's beyond Dropbox's control. At best they (or you) can report it to Google.
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- Rich
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levelboy a écrit :
... the first result was the below link which redirects to a phishing website.
You clicked on a sponsored link. That means someone, not necessarily Dropbox, placed an ad on Google using Dropbox as the keyword, and they pointed it to their own site. This is one of the main reasons why you should never click on a sponsored link or any other ad on a Google search.
Anyone is able to do this and it's beyond Dropbox's control. At best they (or you) can report it to Google.
Good advice. Anyhow, Google does not care that much. After reporting it, came the answer that they did not find anything wrong.
