Most of the times, when you search for your favorite content on Google or any other search engine. You can see so many websites on the search page and the confusion begins.

Which site should you click on to download your content?

You will get the answer, just read the whole content.

Suppose you click on the first website, the web page opens. You can see your file name with lots of download buttons. Sometimes, it is very hard to identify the real download button.

In addition to this confusion, many pop up advertisements appears convincing you to use their service or to download their apps.

When you click on download button, suddenly a new web page opens with some sort of dirty or non useful advertisements.

If you click on the real download button, your file starts downloading. But wait, when you check your downloaded file, it doesn't seems to be that original file you needed.

What is this all going on? 

There are two main reasons behind it.

1. This is actually a marketing strategy so that a user just install the company's app in any way. Companies pay a good amount to these kind of websites and their work is to maximize the downloads of the company's app.
2. Sometimes, the file you download contains viruses or malwares. Which gives a way to easily hack your devices and steal your personal data.

Game's latest version, which is even not officially released by the Gaming company can be already seen on the web ready to download, but again when you download. The inner file comes to be something else. The purpose is actually to target your devices to gain access to them or harm them. So, don't be a victim of these traps anymore.

How to protect yourself against these attacks?

• Make sure that you download file from a trusted website.
• Do not install apps from unknown sources.
• Do not give full permission to the apps.
• Always read the terms and conditions of apps before installing them.
• Always read the detailed privacy policy of apps before installing them.
• Do not install a modified (mod.) version of games or apps.
• Never allow location permission to untrustworthy web sites.
• Do not install any app you don't need.

Hope this knowledge will help you in future.Have you ever faced this type of situation?

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