Google Chrome is targeted by a very important alert issued for hundreds of millions of users worldwide, and this is because a very serious problem was discovered by those from Microsoft. Google Chrome is just one of the browsers targeted by this alert, Firefox and Edge are also in the middle of it, and this is because a malware called Adrozek is capable of infecting them and making various changes to computers.
Google Chrome it is the most used browser on the planet, so it is the most important in this whole equation, and Microsoft says that the infection is done with the malware hidden in various attachments, emails, and not only that. After the browser is infected, the malware can display advertisements on the pages accessed by the user, especially on those with searches, and Google Chrome, Firefox, Edge users in Europe seem to be the most affected by this problem.
Google Chrome: very IMPORTANT ALERT for Users
Google Chrome has the files modified by this malware so that it can also install a special extension through which malicious advertisements are injected into the search results made in various search engines. Separately, the malware disables Google Chrome updates, and more, file integrity checks, Safe Browsing, while hiding the malicious extension and allowing it to run with administrator privileges.
Google Chrome it can have the Google Search results pages completely modified, so that users never realize that when they access a certain website, they are actually accessing a malicious one from a malicious advertisement. You can see in the image above how this malware makes changes to Google Chrome, or any of the other browsers, and all without the user knowing what is actually happening on his computer.
Google Chrome would most likely be the browser with the most victims, Microsoft estimating that there would be several hundred thousand people whose computers would be infected, especially in Europe, and in South/South East Asia.
