Reply to post: Re: MS at least try to be the good guys every now and then

Microsoft nukes 9 million-strong Necurs botnet after unpicking domain name-generating algorithm

Jon 37

Re: MS at least try to be the good guys every now and then

> "safe surfing" works, even on unpatched windows systems

Sadly not true. Any site that serves ads may also be serving you malware that will get installed automatically unless you have a patched system. An ad blocker helps a lot, and is an essential security tool nowadays, but is not perfect.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malvertising#History

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