Google Chrome is the most widely used web browser in the world, and this dominance makes it a great vector for cybercriminals to use to spread malware to unsuspecting users.
The SonicWall Capture Labs threat research team recently found what appears to be a legitimate website where a user can download and install Google Chrome. But the website is a fake – it installs malicious files that have nothing to do with Google Chrome. Upon clicking on the download button, an archive file named “Goegle sretp.zip” is downloaded. Within this zip file is an executable with the same name.
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Source: SonicWall
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