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Rogue Chrome extension pushes tech support scam

An increasing number of malicious Chrome extensions are being forced onto users. The one we analyze can hide itself and receive commands from a remote server in order to hijack the browser with incessant offers, fraud and even tech support scams. The extension ensures it stays in hiding by using a 11 pixel image as its logo and by hooking chrome://extensions and chrome://settings such that any attempt to access those is automatically redirected to chrome://apps.com. Google has pulled this bogus extension from its store.”]

Source: https://blog.malwarebytes.com/threat-analysis/2017/02/rogue-chrome-extension-pushes-tech-support-scam/

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