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This malicious Google Chrome extension could hijack your devices if you try and download pirate movies

Posted on June 17, 2023August 27, 2023 By bot

New research from HP Wolf security researchers claims a new ChromeLoader campaign has been underway since March affecting users of movie and video game pirating websites.The browser hijacker tricks victims into installing a malicious extension called Shampoo, which then redirects users’ search queries to malicious websites.The researchers found the malware to be re-launching itself via Task Scheduler on victims’ machines every 50 minutes, claiming that “victims are having a difficult time getting rid of this malware because it has
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