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Why do nearly all of the answers on Quora have “read more” and when I click on it, I get a virus warning every time? Has anyone else had this happen?

09.06.2025 08:49

Why do nearly all of the answers on Quora have “read more” and when I click on it, I get a virus warning every time? Has anyone else had this happen?

Everyone’s feed is different on Quora. Every time you click on something in Quora, the Quora servers remember it, and they tune what you see to include more content that looks like that.

There are not many of them, and they’re usually pretty easy to spot. They post lurid, clickbaity garbage, often with a sexy photo, and stop in the middle of a story with a “see link for more.” They’re hoping the clickbait is enough to get you to click.

Yes. You are reading answers from spammers and malware distributors. That’s why they are on Quora—to get you, and people like you, to infect yourself with malware.

What would happen if the US government told the British government in no uncertain terms all RAF bases with USAF personnel now must follow the Constitution and us law, and if the UK tried to defy this, the US military would directly attack the UK?

You’re seeing a lot of them because that’s what you’ve trained Quora to do.

If you click on lots of questions and answers about Chinese history, pretty soon you start seeing tons of content about Chinese history. If you click content about horse training, you see tons of content about horses. I see tons of content about computer programming, sex, physics, mathematics, and writing. You see tons of malware clickbait, because that’s what you’ve trained Quora to show you.