How much malware can you get from Fake Download Buttons in 2024?
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- čas přidán 3. 07. 2024
- How much malware can you get from Fake Download Buttons in 2024?
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In this video we re-check on Adf.ly, now rebranded to "linkervtise", adfocus and other services that end up in the middle for mod downloads. For example, the download for the "Mo Creatures" mod will have a variety of advertising in the middle, which unfortunately will often lead to dodgy downloads.
Disclaimer: The content in this video is for education and entertainment purposes to showcase the dangers of malware & malicious software. I do not encourage any form of illegal hacking, nor do I encourage the usage of game cheats, cracks or hacks.
Cracks are sometimes shown to highlight the dangers of software piracy, my content is not intended to teach anybody how to pirate, or maliciously hack.
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RIP ADFLY YOU WONT BE MISSED 🙏
fr lol
actually i kinda miss it, adfly skipper was peak time. Nostalgia reasons ofc.
the worst was when the ads forced you to enable notfications, I will never forgive them that
rest in piss
i love oily men
If I ever visit a website that starts speaking to me, you can bet your butt I am Alt+F4-ing. I cannot comprehend how anyone does not see it as a huge red flag.
Same, unless it's a tech support scam, in which case I'm writing down the phone number on the page to mess with.
Same with chat bots
These fake download buttons are like those millions of years old viruses that scientists discover frozen in Arctic
My grandpa still clicks them. But yeah he's as old as some frozen viruses
@@janintelkorlmao
remember scanning my entire pc for viruses after just seeing the fake download button , not even interacting with it
lol
ah yes, i remember scanning my entire pc for viruses before turning on the pc, just in case because i saw a virus on another computer.
that's so cute omg
i did the same thing before haha 😭 i thought those ads were appearing because i had a virus
I feel like it's a great segue into ocd intrusive thoughts and tendencies. Imagine if you had OCD
you visit the site and you've not clicked it but you've done 5 virus scans with malwarebytes and defender and Norton and avast and then you log out and the whole week you walk past your computer you feel nauseous because the computer is now "dirty"
You're like "no lmao I didn't even interact with it" but now everytime you boot your com you rescan
And then one day you just say screw it and throw out the entire computer because you want to get by the day and write your essay or work without feeling like you're finding cans in a trashcan on a hot humid day
I love how simple these videos are. No intro, no fancy schmancy outro or subtitles to try and keep attentiin. Just a guy talking about malware and doing a bit funny.
unlike mutahar, the guy that copies all of this dude's ideas :)
@@elmi8769crazy how such a big youtuber has no shame in blatantly taking from him😂
@@tatsuyamashita I mean, the "Plagiarism and You(tube)" video kinda shows how common that is...
@@elmi8769but i like mutahar 🙁
@@Rinsyo4s you can still do so! Just because there is something not that bad about a person doesnt mean you cannot like someone. We all have opinions.
But Google wants us to disable our adblock yup time to drag Google to court for security violations!
It's always shocking to see the internet without ublock origin etc... and scary knowing your relatives are all raw-dogging the web like this.
Yeah although I've found simply making Brave the primary browser on relative's computers to be the most painless solution. Not quite as powerful out out of the box but stops most of it with a smaller chance of breaking a website. You know the slightest inconvenience means they'll call you saying it's broken or install something else and simply never use it again.
My mom refuses to install adblocks bc she's 100% sure it's gonna steal her banking info
I'm thinking about buying a raspberry pi and making it a local adblock dns server for our home network
@@W0lfCL I host a VM with RaspberryOS locally on my machine, and that runs PiHole. It’s relatively lightweight, and simple enough to set up.
You could also get an old computer, set up Linux (or run straight from a USB) and run PiHole on that, that way you don’t waste resources on your PC.
@@ukemi- that's exactly what I'm gonna do, I daily drive linux so it's not gonna be much of a difficulty for me (i use arch btw :)), I just need to get a machine to run it on, maybe my friend's willing to give me his old lapfop
@W0lfCL I installed Brave Browser on my parents' PC while I was setting it up last year. It has built-in adblocking.
03:00
"I'm in court,
stop doing it."
why is this so funny
Probably a bad translation or review bot? Still funny whatever it is.
6:20 eric being clueless while attempting to figure out how a script for a lego game works
It's a script that you need to put on a roblox injector to load the script's/cheat hub
Well i guess if you never have seen it before then its understandable. Basically what it does for anyone who doesn't know its just a script that you paste into a Roblox executor and when you execute it it just gets the main exploit script from github and loads it. It just makes it easier to share since its a small line of text vs a massive script.
And this is why ublock origin (adblocker) is incredibly important and manifest v3 (coming soon I believe) should not be shipped
Because it will limit adblocking effectiveness
UBlock Origin is a must
@@LeonAlkoholik67 switch to firefox. Yes, its worse but still do the thing
Without Ublock Origin i would actually be dead 😔‼️
i use adblocker ultimate
i dont understand how people browse the web without an ad blocker
Most don't know, 25% of people use desktop adblock
Most people don't know adblockers exists, or don't want to bother installing one.
😅
nobody in my family other than me seems to even know what an ad blocker is, and it's quite terrifying. i installed one on my dads laptop after needing to use it once and i was just so confused asking him how he used it without one
I've come across Wave Browser on someone's PC in the past, and my experience was that it was hard to get rid of. IIRC, it left commands in the Task Scheduler to reinstall itself silently either at a certain time, or when the PC was started up.
I would be interested to see if your install left a similar persistence setup on your VM.
Omg I remember downloading minecraft 1.11.2 mods and getting jumpscared by a fake download link. Good times.
Also, hii Eric :3
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@@thesoftone :3333
@@nyxiereal:33333
6:38 This is a lua script used by Roblox exploiters, the whole script is in github but it was shortened into a loadstring, its not malicious on its own but it is for the players that are going to play against those exploiters
Its malicious , ur kidding right
@@Jose_-qb4lcIt doesn’t do anything, it’s just a GitHub script lol. You need a script executor to even use it, and it only affects the roblox client locally. Thus not malicious, but frowned upon and against roblox TOS.
its unlikely it is. roblox exploiters use things called executors, which can run any lua code on their client, most executors have gotten rid of the methods to do stuff like steal cookies / passwords by running the code in a sandbox environment, but sometimes if the executors have vulnerabilities the code can escape the sandbox and steal stuff.
@@Jose_-qb4lc I highly doubt it is as its safe to run the script because bassically every single method to do anything malicious has been patched by major executors. Worse thing that happens is the script makes you spam the N word against your will and your roblox account gets banned.
@@Jose_-qb4lcit’s basically just a text file you don’t even need to install it it’s not malicious what is malicious is the executor used to actually use the script
i remember when linkvertise would force you to download adware before you can continue its good that they stopped doing it but they're still shady
Used to download 3rd Party Minecraft Bedrock Resource Packs in those days and that was the reason I stopped because it was hard to found any that didn't use this site
4:36 I suspect the reason there was so many well known apps on there is because this is literally just pulling from the MS store.
i was just yesterday binge watching your ad clicking malware videos. godspeed
your videos made me remember the time i scanned my old computer for malware and the AV found 400 of em. i was a bad pirate lmao
7000 on my old desktop. I study cyber security now lmao!
Lol i only had one trojan but it did overwrite the MBR on my old pc 😅 Grandma moment?
@@The0nemanC4rtel haha yayyyy
We all eventually come across these fake download buttons
6:25 that text with “loadstring” is actually supposed to be executed using some Roblox Executor (exploits/hacks), loadstring is what they use to load large texts from other sources
NICE! I loved your original adfly video, this is a wonderful follow-up!
11:06 "talking-out-of-nowhere" Websites always reminds me to the time I searched with a friend on how to download hacks for GTA 5 and we got scarred heavy when we encountered such a website 😂
This brings me back to those old Joel Windows Destruction videos
Jobel pls windows 11 destruct
The internet without any adblock or other means of filtering stuff is scary.
I wait everyday for your content bro
Constant, quality, informative. Thank you this content!
seeing the chrome extension popup and you going through and installing it brought back HAUNTING memories i repressed from when I was a kid. I installed one, and my browser was basically completely taken over. I think i managed to get rid of it (this was on my two times old laptop, so it doesn't matter now), but holy hell it was a frightening experience. I have no idea what it did, and I'd rather not find out.
I remember trying to download like a minecraft texture pack but then i landed on one of those "allow notifications to continue" sites and i never went to that minecraft mod website again
Sorry i didnt commented on other of your videos i watched all of them you make very good videos keep it up i love em
Eric those Roblox scripts are just a line of text or a .txt file. You need a Roblox executor for them, which is a really big hub for honeypots, grabbers, viruses, etc. I suggest doing a videos on those.
I once saw an ad open a pop up and redirect to malware with a fake Download button, I never knew ads could do that
3:31 "I dont understand what this is doing"
It's stealing your information what else would it be doing 🤣
Your channel is so helpful!!
Answer: All of it
Hi Eric, love your videos. Could you cover browser hijackers? I find their idea pretty interesting and would like to see you do your magic and explain how they work etc. I've across one a friend accidentally installed, and it was a pretty weird experience. I know they may not be the most complex thing, but regardless, it would be nice to see. Keep up the good work :)
Similar to wave?
@@EricParker the one I saw took over chrome and essentially prevented my friend from getting accurate results regarding anything antivirus related etc. however I do suppose you did cover a similar thing :)
Yooo love you’re channel
Thanks Eric, great as always. I remember the times as a kid (born '98) playing Mincraft Alpha or Beta in 2010 and downloading adware from adfly because there were so many fake download buttons. And as a kid I couldn’t understand this whole site somehow. Now as I grow older and became a Software Dev I can't understand how people fell for this, but as an unexperienced user it can be confusing.
Dude even in 2019 i knew how these scams worked and I was 10
Not sure if you made this video because of my suggestion to make an updated one, but it was really interesting... seems like it's mostly just adware, PUPs, and maybe spyware.
Also, 10:55 - I've done "how many viruses can you get from ads and download buttons" many times in either a VM or Windows Sandbox... Wave Browser is BY FAR the most common program. Basically just Chromium with TONS of bloatware, ads, and useless features. Probably spyware too.
Another note - 17:18 that was happening to me when I tried visiting Virus Total, i didn't know you could fix that "page not found" issue but that's definitely very suspicious that sites like VT are being blocked...
Mo' Creatures!
Of all places to see that random phrase I kept saying for some reason without knowing why, I didn't expect to see it here.
i remember breaking the family windows 7 computer after i clicked on a fake super mario and luigi download button that i got on youtube as an ad, gave me a russian bluescreen wtf
The hoho hub script is for loading into a cheat software that modifies the Roblox data to replace a legitimate script with the code of that script so the game runs it and gives an advantage
this is why an adblocker is essential! ads can be annoying yes, but they can also be downright dangerous.
8:57 turbo yikes indeed
Idk if u already do this but if u set the vm to non persistent storage u don't have to keep reinstalling the image it just wipes the disk on vm shutdown so it's clean once u boot back up.
It's ridiculous how many sites accept these false advertisements, there should be a law that prohibits this.. but while there is no such regularization, I'll keep using my Adblock
Anything behind an Adfly, Linkvertise, or similar is simply not worth my time. I understand sometimes people want to get a little change for their work, but that's not worth dealing with these minefields. Not only that, but there's no way they aren't aware of how dangerous these sites are, especially for things like Minecraft mods, which are more likely to be found by kids that could easily fall victim to a malicious download link.
Nice video!
Wait... Is that how internet looks without adblock? Havent seen it in 7 years... How unsightly
I download malware on windows sometimes, Saying aaaay oh, a new video
Fantastic video! Can you be able to explain a lil bit more of the Wireguard app. I wanna know about its basic feature.
It's a VPN server. The backend of it is mitmweb (the GUI version of mitmproxy).
Nice vid!
Your content are the best
Eric what's ur opinion on Windows 11?
GRANDMA MOMENT ❤️
Edit: Eric surely u make a vid on unblocked game websites 😅
We need more vids like this ❤👍
the repository that you were looking at on github was lua meant to be injected into roblox via external executor pe
Securify is going to keep us safe from scams like securify
You know that hoho hub roblox script thing? There is this thing in roblox, a hack called an executor, you run things called scripts in it. There are these things called script hubs, where you just click on a script and it executes, instead of having to search it online, an entire hub of scripts is just in your game. Hope this helped!
Also seems as people are using Google play apps to add malware which will run in background of app once its downloaded and can snap ur bank details and passwords, in a constant time, I dunno if it unistalled , I still think malware may be left behind on google play app for android phones.. I did email Sony an google about this exploit. Seems as Sony have update some securities since . But not 100% if it shows as a detection .?
Good Video but one thing I do remember as well with Linkvertise they would make you download a windows application to get the link to a page and it would show you offers. then after declining all of them, you would finally be granted access to the actual link. but I do not know if it did anything in the background but this installer didn't try to detect a VM so I would usually just run it in a VM or just not download it.
The VM I'm using doesn't show up as a VM.
(6:36) just letting you know that the text file is formatted like that as it's supposed to be pasted into a roblox cheat injector that then fetches the script from that destination
The roblox repository is a script for an executor which injects the game with a dll which can then utilise some roblox game calls to execute code.
14:21 love the lain reference
I forgot what the internet looked like without a good ad blocker + dns level ad blocking lmao, what a shit show
Dns ad blocking?
Something like ADGuard or PiHole@@luckydragonwolf
I won’t lie, some of the wave browser features seem handy lmao
I still ask myself why do these pages have fake download buttons from dubious ads.
I love how he got confused by the roblox script
Hey, i was looking to play a pirate open source game (the ones with boat) and found myself with a datanodes download link, it redirected me to the mega downloads site with a rar and a password for a 12mb file. i tough i download the part of the game and after clicking in the second part and opening the same download link, i deleted the files and did a scan. i think i am safe for only unzipping the file and trying to open the .txt out of curiosity.
i really would like to know what that exe would do to my poor pc
The HohoHub link you saw is actually just a text file designed for use with a Roblox exploit, allowing users to modify or hack the game. By running this script, players can gain unauthorized advantages and access features not normally available in Roblox.
As much as adfly sucked, it is kinda sad seeing something disappear that was so nostalgic remembering 10 year old me downloading minecraft mods in 2011 and seeing so many adfly links lol
Hey eric!
That hoho hub is a roblox exploit script, basically you get an executor, and you get a exploit script, and the executor injects the script into roblox, and they are using a load string so that the script basically auto updates because its coming from the github.
16:55 what is Aiden Pearce doing there 😭😭😭😭
6:29 that text is a script for a injector that you would put into for roblox hacks basically lol
You gotta analyze how Bonzi Buddy behaves as a spyware to this day!
Rest In Agony, Adfly.
Your voice kinda reminds me of Jarvis Johnson!!
a couple of times websites tried to auto download things on my computer i forgot to turn my ad blocker back on i was quick to cancel it before it finished tho
6:32 for info these are codes to executer in roblox, like for exploiting.
To answer your question on how much malware you can get from fake download buttons
yes
Smoking on that adfly pack
11:00 didn’t expect to laugh so hard on video like this 😭😭😭
PPL switched to adfocus when they figured that out
Just curious do you have a linux installation tutorial? When i install linux mint on a old PC of mine, it penguin death screens (with the mint logo)
I dont get the point of that securify "advanced web protection" extension, well apart of stealing browsing info, like it seems to be a glorified enable/disable button for other extensions that conveniently doesnt show itself or the other securify extension
i like how he always downloads discord
Linkvertise has this thing where you need to download an exe, i once did it and the exe ended up keylogging me
Let's try to decrypt what the "Securify" extension is really sending in the next episode!
your are the best youtuber
This idiot in my high school almost fell for these fake download buttons. We were using this sketchy website to download youtube videos and one of those fake "you have a virus" ads came up and I had to yell at them not to touch it. She actually believed it, I never thought that anyone could even remotely believe these things.
Isn’t the purpose of those type of browsers to be hitting ads in the background and generating revenue for someone, rather than injecting fake ads?
the first one was roblox lua scripts. (thats why it was a loadstring to execute inside a exploit.)
6:40 that is a script for Roblox executors. It is meant to be showed that way on LV.
Dude really martyred a VM for a vid.
what is that programm you use to check which programms send data?
6:36 it’s a script that can be pasted into roblox clients to exploit in certain games
I watched the ad-fly video this morning, 'twas fate!
im tryna find out how many clicks do these fake download buttons get
yeah, the Fake Download buttons are just as prevalent.
6:20 lmao, I miss lego game hacking. It loads the the script from whatever Github page, not sure why people make them loadstrings but im guessing its so you can quickly copy and paste them.
You usually paste the script into an 'injector' , before Roblox added a real anticheat people used executors such as Synapse X (Paid) or KRNL (Free) and you would have to join said game, inject the script executor then you could execute (mostly) client side scripts and then (rarely) server side scripts.
I think now they execute through browser, not sure how they did that but it seems incredible for lego game hacks lol.
the roblox hoho thing was a script your supposed to use it in some sort of injector to inject the script into roblox btw
it was most likely a legit script
I got a rar malware once. But it did not have any writing permissions and it didn't even run. Maybe it was supposed to do something after being unpacked? I don't know, I use Linux. I don't think windows executables do much.