So far, as of June 1st, 250 Million PC’s have been affected by this new malware and that number rises daily. The people who detected the malware said that it is linked to a Chinese company that injects ads and pop-ups into popular sites encouraging users to check out a new game or app. Once installed, the malware installs browser plugins to manipulate the victim’s web browser configurations to replace their default search engines and home pages with fake search engines.
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