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Be careful downloading Windows 11 apps from Google, 70+ fake sites are pushing malware right now
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this post was submitted on 30 Jul 2026
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Nothing new here. This has been the case forever.
Yeah, this "similar enough sounding domain name" tactic is far from new, and they must just be using new SEO tricks to get their sites to surface to users, that or illegitimate ad services promoting them.
They’re actually usually optimized to get AI to serve you the download link… or in the case of agentic browsers, just find, download and run it for you.