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It turns out Debian is much more responsive to Mozilla requests than adware providers, and going through court takes a long time.

Why not complain to Google though? They have policies about the use of trademarks in ad text.

https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/6118?hl=en

I've done so dozens of times, without result. Maybe those sites walk the thin line of that policy, or maybe Google just doesn't give a fk.

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