All that would mean is that the malware authors will get paid slightly more for ensuring they have more pernicious and persistent malware.  Considering the amount of havok the ransomware guys have been causing lately, do you think they&#x27;d really be bothered by being asked to pony up even a $50,000 deposit?<p>The real problem is very simple.  The advertising companies need to <i>stop</i> publishing non-vetted media files (which means they can also no longer do a http referral to a site they don&#x27;t control to save &quot;bandwidth costs&quot;).  Many of them are not doing that because they&#x27;re foolishly assuming a &quot;deposit&quot; or any other such arbitrary monetary penalty is going to be cost-prohibitive to a criminal organization.  To the criminal organization, it&#x27;s no different than any other bribe.