Android Police: Google had to disable 900,000 ads in 2016 for spreading malware, and that's just the tip of the bad ad iceberg

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Google had to disable 900,000 ads in 2016 for spreading malware, and that's just the tip of the bad ad iceberg

Spend any amount of time on the internet (without an ad-blocker) and you'll run across at least a few Google AdSesnse ads. They're everywhere—including on AP. Being such a huge ad platform, it's also utilized by scammers, malware creators, and other internet ne'er-do-wells. Google has a new blog post up detailing what it did in 2016 to limit the use of AdSense for scams and illegal activity. The most relevant statistic for us is 900,000 ads disabled for spreading malware.

Google had to disable 900,000 ads in 2016 for spreading malware, and that's just the tip of the bad ad iceberg was written by the awesome team at Android Police.