As I said earlier, look before you click. Here are three ways to help protect yourself from fake Download buttons: 1. Don’t just click the first Download option you see. You might need to scroll ...

Google has now started blocking websites that use deceptive content or ads to make you do things that you wouldn't normally do, such as fake download buttons that appear right next to the real ...

This includes fake download buttons, warnings that software you don’t have is “out of date”, and fake notifications to update things like Flash player. When a site uses these tricks ...