You know the old saying, “Look before you leap”? Let’s give that a modern-day twist: Look before you click. See that screenshot up top? It’s from popular ...

In another move to make browsing on the web safer, Google will start penalizing sites with ads that have deceptive download buttons. Google is taking another aggressive step towards correcting ...

You know that fun game you play every time you wander over to Download.com and try to download an app? The game where you have to find the right download button in a ...

Too often clicking on a button marked “Download” does not trigger the download you intended to receive. These are deceptive ads disguised as actual downloads. Another ad unit which falls under that ...

How many times does this happen to you? You're browsing a site, one that seems fairly safe and innocent, in search of a file. You see what appears to be the ...

Google says it will go to war against the fake 'download' and 'play' buttons that attempt to deceive users on file-sharing and other popular sites. An extension of its 'Safe Browsing' initiative ...

Google announced this week that they are blocking access to sites via big warnings for sites that contain deception download buttons and forms of deceptive embedded content, like social engineering ...

Google has announced to use its Safe Browsing policies to block social engineering attacks, protecting users from installing unwanted software or revealing their personal information. Websites have ...