This is not really a problem at the moment, but I am asking because I am trying to find out if this is something worth looking into
I do all my searches in chrome. I have not been able to test this in other browsers, but I am interested in chrome as that is what I use most. A few times in my google searches, I get search results that look like normal results, and the page names sound as if they would be something related to what I am looking for, but clicking them always redirects to the same type of spam page (I am not sure if they are all the same page or not, but they're definitely similar)
For example, one of the results for searching for "nlms feedback cancellation android" in google is (hiding for possible spam link)
which vaguely looks like it might contain what I need, but when I click it it redirects to this spam page:
The page is usually a blank page, or shows a dialog box, or contains a gif and claims I have won some prize or something similar. It does not automatically download anything as far as I can tell, and I have never clicked anything on this page. I have seen this page enough times to recognise it and usually just close the tab as soon as I see the redirect on the browser address bar. Usually I would just ignore such links and move on but I have seen this particular type of spam page so often that I am wondering if it is not just a coincidence. At one time I got 3~4 of this same spam page among all my google results, and a lot of the times it is also on the first google results page. I do not log into chrome or google for doing my searches. I do not have any extensions installed or any malware/adware, and chrome usually updates automatically.
Is this just coincidence that I have seen this particular spam page so many times, or is there a possibility something is going on? Since I have clicked such search results before, is it possible google feeds other similar results to me?I had assumed google doesn't deliberately feed spam pages as search results, but may be I am wrong. It could be that the servers containing the type of information I am looking for are all prone to being attacked by the same type of adware, but I somehow feel that's not something likely. Again, I would like to stress that it's not like I am getting a lot of these in every google search. One or two such results pop up every now and then, and I am only looking for confirmation that this is just a coincidence.
