Of course these details aren’t so easy to spot if you aren’t an expert or don’t even know what to look for - however, you may see a warning that says ‘this file isn’t downloaded often,’ which is a sign that something may not be quite right. If you click ‘Update,’ it prompts a download of a file title “Chrome Font v7.5.1.exe,” but that doesn’t match the one displayed in the pop-up message, which reads “Chrome_Font.exe.”.The window shows the user is running Chrome’s 53 version, so if this isn’t the version you’re using, that’s a red flag.Pretty much everything about the bogus browser message looks legit - including the Chrome logo, which is method cyber criminals use very often.īut if you take a closer look, there are a few red flags that can show you the warning is fake:
What makes this scam so easy to fall for is the fact that the pop-up warning looks just like a legitimate alert from the browser, making it easy for criminals to trick unsuspecting users into clicking and downloading the malicious file. The file, however, is actually a malware download. When this happens, a pop-up alert warns you that “The ”˜HoeflerText’ font wasn’t found,” and then prompts you to download and install an update to your device, which is disguised as a ‘missing font’ file. So basically the hackers create a fake issue and then offer a fake solution.
Here’s how it works: crooks inject a type of code onto a website, and then when you land on that site using the Chrome browser, the page appears unreadable.
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Read more: UPS & FedEx warning: Beware of deliveries you didn’t order How to avoid new Google Chrome scamĪccording to reports from security experts, hackers are using pop-up alerts to warn users of a fake “issue” that needs to be resolved.
It seems like just about every day scammers are finding a new way to hack into our lives - whether it’s via email, pop-up alerts, social media or anything else we do or use on a regular basis.Īnd this time, hackers have been targeting Google Chrome users with a scam that’s pretty easy to fall for.
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