Malvertisers Using Google Ads to Target Users Searching for Popular Software

Details have emerged about a malvertising campaign that leverages Google Ads to direct users searching for popular software to fictitious landing pages and distribute next-stage payloads.
Malwarebytes, which discovered the activity, said it's "unique in its way to fingerprint users and distribute time sensitive payloads."
The attack singles out users searching for Notepad++ and PDF converters to

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