They call it “dark traffic” - ads that are not seen by tech-savvy users who have excellent ad blockers.
Not surprised that its growing. The web is unusable without an ad blocker and its only getting worse, and will continue to get worse every month.
The fbi suggests using an ad blocker. Guess what an ad blocker is as important as an antivirus.
Malvertising has become pervasive enough that adblocking is starting to become a necessity from an IT perspective
I have an adblocker but not an antivirus
You either have a mobile, a Linux device or Windows, which has defender by default. The amount of virus fir Linux is relatively low, and mobile…most antivirus are redundant for mobile anyway, so you’re set.
I also have a mobile Linux device.
More, if anything.