Web Search Malvertising

When you’re surfing the world wide web these days, it’s easy to accidentally click an ad given how 80% of websites have multiple banners, lingering splash screens, hidden full page overlays that redirect you when you click them, etc. I think most people know at this point that these range from neutral to bad on the things-to-be-clicking-on scale, but it might be less known that even big players in the tech space will sometimes send you places you don’t want to go.