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Rael Hornby

Ahoy! New Chrome extension malware targets "savvy" movie and games enthusiasts

A pirate ship sails across shampoo soap suds

According to a quarterly threat insights report by HP Wolf Security, March of this year saw the hatching of a particularly nefarious plot to infect Google Chrome users with a third-party Chrome extension bizarrely named “Shampoo.”

Don’t worry though, the primary targets of this malware infestation are people who like to illegally stream or download movies and games online. So you’re probably fine, and there’s no need to concern yourself with such a problem.

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