Fake Google ads are trying to trick users into downloading nasty malware — here's how you can fight back

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Consumers in China looking to access banned communications apps such as Telegram are being targeted by threat actors looking to deploy various malware.

This is according to a new report from Malwarebytes’ Jérôme Segura, who found unnamed hackers have been using two Google Ads accounts to publish malicious ads.