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. 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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