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Tom’s Guide
Technology
Anthony Spadafora

Chrome security alert — clicking this error will open the malware floodgates on your PC

And image of the Google Chrome logo on a laptop.

Hackers love to trick their victims into doing things they wouldn’t do otherwise, and a new malware campaign currently making the rounds online is the perfect example of this.

As reported by BleepingComputer, hackers are using fake Google Chrome and Microsoft Word errors to trick potential victims into running malicious PowerShell “fixes” that actually install malware.

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