Chrome extension trojan places victims in an endless malware loop | Cell Phone Spy and Mobile Tracking Software

April 28, 2017 by Doug Olenick

People in several Central and South American countries who want nothing more than to watch video online are being hit with a trojans that redirects the viewers to a new URL that contains malicious content.

These events were discovered by a WeLiveSecurity (ESET) research team when it detected an increasing number of JS/Chromex.Submelius threats. The redirect happens when the victim presses play to view the video. At this time a new window pops up demanding that the target download a Chrome extension. And the malicious window will not stop appearing until the victim relents.

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