A highly sophisticated scam targeting Google Chrome users is circulating: a pop-up prompts you to download a “missing font” file, but the file is actually malware.
The style of the message makes it look completely legitimate. How can you tell that it’s malware? From Refinery29:
- The dialog window shows that you’re using Chrome version 53, regardless of what you’re actually using (the most recent version is 56).
- If you click the “Update” button (don’t!), a file named “Chrome Font v7.5.1.exe” will be downloaded, but it doesn’t match the one in the image, “Chrome_Font.exe.”
- You might get a “this file isn’t downloaded often” warning if you download the file (again, don’t!).
Bottom line: Exercise caution when downloading anything onto your computer.
What to do if you give your password to a phisher and how to recognize scams.
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