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Unofficial 7-zip.com website served up malware-laden downloads for over a week — infected PCs forced into a proxy botnet

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A fake 7‑Zip installer is spreading, and the malware’s goal is unexpected

Here is what the fake 7-Zip installer does behind the scenes, how it maintains persistence, and what steps to take if you ...

Beware, this fake site offers up a malicious 7-Zip installer laced with malware

Security researchers from Malwarebytes were recently alerted to a YouTube video tutorial explaining how to build a PC. A download link for 7zip was left in the video’s description, but instead of the ...
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YouTube tutorials spread fake 7-zip downloads as brand impersonation and domain mix-ups put PCs at risk

A fake version of the popular 7-zip download is secretly hijacking home computers and using them to route criminal internet ...

Malicious 7-Zip site distributes installer laced with proxy tool

A fake 7-Zip website is distributing a trojanized installer of the popular archiving tool that turns the user's computer into ...