Spotify ads slipped malware onto PCs and Macs

[longknife]

I have the program but don't use it a lot. Still, to be on the safe side, I downloaded the free Malwarebytes software just to be on the safe side.



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[Martin.S]

Before installing it, did you scan the program using online scanner like virustotal.com?

 

[Alystyr]

I don't think that it was Spotify's fault, so much as it was whatever ad server that Spotify contracted.
I've heard of it happening on a few different legit websites, although most were ads that locked up or crashed users' browsers. Many, if not all, of the affected sites quickly changed services.
It's one reason I always keep an ad/popup blocker running. Malicious scripts can find their way into almost any ad rotation if the ad server isn't vigilant.

 

[longknife]

Before installing it, did you scan the program using online scanner like virustotal.com?

I have Windows Defender as well as MacAfee which scan every and anything I download.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Before installing it, did you scan the program using online scanner like virustotal.com?

I have Windows Defender as well as MacAfee which scan every and anything I download.

Running two different anti-virus/anti-malware programs is not a good idea. It does not "double" the protection...and can render parts of each other useless...making your PC actually less protected.