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Paid advertising on YouTube is being weaponized to distribute malware that mimics legitimate TradingView software · 2026-08-21

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YouTube Paid Ads Push Malware via Fake TradingView Installers

Security firm SafeDep reports paid YouTube video ads promising a free year of TradingView led users to fake installer sites carrying malware. The analyzed infected machine was a Mac, and compromise took about two minutes from ad click. Attackers paid Google Ads fees rather than hacking the platform.