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I've seen nothing but ads directly promoting malware as "AI" image and video creation tools.. The malware steals credentials and uses the credentials to post similar ads from the compromised accounts. Facebook seems to be doing nothing as all methods of reporting are ineffective.


Here's a live one now.. https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active_status=active&a...

virustotal scan of the "installer" -- https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/ba3cdc5190b44da96e5ecb5f...

If only facebook were held liable for what they allowed to be advertised.




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