

It injects search results in your search queries as well as on other pages and inserts a fake donation banner on Wikipedia (of course only cryptocurrency is accepted).

If you start up the browser the malware does its work. The malware modifies registry keys that in turn disable the Windows Defender, installs a Firefox extension called “Firefox Protection“ (because why would you ever uninstall anything that has protection in its name, right?), and hijacks a Chrome extension called “Chrome Media Router”. LNK shortcut though that executes a PowerShell command after you click on it. Fake search results and donation bannersĪccording to a recent BleepingComputer article it all starts with a single downloaded movie from a torrent site.

A simple movie download can lead to a plethora of issues – like an infested PC, ad injections, and more.

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