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levelboy
Explorer | Level 3
7 months ago

Chrome google Dropbox search leads to fake website


  • levelboy  a écrit :

    ... the first result was the below link which redirects to a phishing website.


    You clicked on a sponsored link. That means someone, not necessarily Dropbox, placed an ad on Google using Dropbox as the keyword, and they pointed it to their own site. This is one of the main reasons why you should never click on a sponsored link or any other ad on a Google search.

     

    Anyone is able to do this and it's beyond Dropbox's control. At best they (or you) can report it to Google.

  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
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    levelboy  a écrit :

    ... the first result was the below link which redirects to a phishing website.


    You clicked on a sponsored link. That means someone, not necessarily Dropbox, placed an ad on Google using Dropbox as the keyword, and they pointed it to their own site. This is one of the main reasons why you should never click on a sponsored link or any other ad on a Google search.

     

    Anyone is able to do this and it's beyond Dropbox's control. At best they (or you) can report it to Google.

    • levelboy's avatar
      levelboy
      Explorer | Level 3

      Good advice. Anyhow, Google does not care that much. After reporting it, came the answer that they did not find anything wrong.

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