Deceptive Amazon Ad on Google Leads to Microsoft Support Scam

A deceptive advertisement for Amazon in Google search results is redirecting users to a tech support scam posing as a Microsoft Defender alert. The scam locks up the browser in full-screen mode, making it difficult to exit without terminating the Google Chrome process. This is not the first instance of Google ads being abused to distribute malware, with threat actors creating replicas of legitimate sites to distribute trojanized programs. Google and Amazon have not yet responded to inquiries about this malvertising issue.