Beware Google Chrome scam that could inject malware into your computer

2017-02-23T07:11:35-07:00

Fox News Tech - 2/21/2017 - A Google Chrome scam that could infect your computer with malware continues to pose a threat to users, according to cybersecurity experts. Last month security company Proofpoint warned that hackers can inject script into poorly-protected web pages. The script, which targets the Chrome browser on Windows, rewrites the compromised website on the victim’s browser to make the page unreadable and creates a fake issue for the user to resolve. A popup, which contains the message “The ‘HoeflerText’ font wasn’t found,” urges users to download an update to their computers. The update, however, is actually a malware download. Read more @ http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/02/22/ ... puter.html

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Beware Google Chrome scam that could inject malware into your computer