Google, DuckDuckGo and Bing are being paid to put them in front of us, and they haven’t figured out how to stop it. It appears Wells had fallen for a scam search ad used to trick people into inadvertently handing over their passwords or downloading malware. I am personally in the habit of not clicking search ads. AdvertisementWhat should you do if you think you have clicked on one of these bad ads? “I hadn’t really expected scams to show up on online searches, but now that I know they can, I will be on the lookout for them,” he said.

Source: Washington Post September 17, 2022 12:27 UTC