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Tech support scammers find new way to jam Google Chrome

Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 11:56 am
by intense

Re: Tech support scammers find new way to jam Google Chrome

Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 4:12 pm
by LanikSJ
You mean people fall for this crap still? :mrgreen:

Re: Tech support scammers find new way to jam Google Chrome

Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 6:03 pm
by intense
oh, you can be sure ;-) but the scary thing is "they" found a trick/exploit in chrome

Re: Tech support scammers find new way to jam Google Chrome

Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 10:07 pm
by LanikSJ
Yeah hanging the browser is bad no matter how you look at it.

Re: Tech support scammers find new way to jam Google Chrome

Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2018 1:57 pm
by -Mark-
Patched in Chrome today.

Re: Tech support scammers find new way to jam Google Chrome

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 11:53 am
by gotitbro
Like the vibrating ads on mobiles. Why was that API even allowed? The only use I ever encountered was by the malicious ads.
Update (2) (2018-02-07): Firefox and Brave seem to be affected by this bug as well (both vendors were informed).
Firefox and Brave are affected as well according to their update. Might want to change the title [mention]intense[/mention].
Lanik wrote: Wed Feb 07, 2018 4:12 pm You mean people fall for this crap still? :mrgreen:
I guess it makes sense with low awareness still about these scams especially if you completely freeze the browser and jam the PC.

Re: Tech support scammers find new way to jam Google Chrome

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2018 6:33 pm
by notriddle
gotitbro wrote: Fri Feb 09, 2018 11:53 am Like the vibrating ads on mobiles. Why was that API even allowed? The only use I ever encountered was by the malicious ads.
I think it's mostly for games.