How I advertise malicious software on Google Ads

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The author of RACE, a native macOS terminal multiplexer written in Rust, built the application and its accompanying website. RACE allows users to position and resize terminals freely, and its subprocess-management behavior may resemble security-sensitive software, but it is neither hidden nor malicious. The application is signed and notarized, and its website is clean with no attack surface.

An advertising campaign was set up on Google Ads, spending $500. However, the Google Ads account was suspended for "Malicious software" and "Compromised Site." The author appealed the decision, providing additional information, but Google rejected the appeal without explaining the reason for the suspension. The author conducted a full security review of the website, download infrastructure, JavaScript assets, and the distributed macOS application, confirming that there are no security issues.

Google Safe Browsing and VirusTotal also reported no issues with the distributed DMG and the application. The author believes the suspension may be a false positive, potentially related to the legitimate subprocess-management behavior of the terminal multiplexer.