Security researchers have discovered a fiendish form of browser malware that stands in for your copy of Google Chrome and hopes you won't notice the difference.
As reported by PCRisk, the "eFast Browser" works by installing and running itself in place of Chrome. It's based on Google's Chromium open-source software, so it maintains the look and feel of Chrome at first glance, but its behavior is much worse.
First, makes itself the default and takes over several system file associations, including HTML, JPG, PDF, and GIF, according to MalwareBytes. It also hijacks URL associations such as HTTP, HTTPS, and MAILTO, and replaces any Chrome desktop website shortcuts with its own versions. Essentially, eFast Browser makes sure to open itself at any opportunity.
During use, eFast Browser constantly displays pop-up and search ads on top of the page you're visiting. Some of these ads lead to ecommerce sites, while others redirect to potentially malicious webpages, where there's a risk of installing more adware or malware. PCRisk also warns that the browser collects browsing information that could be personally identifiable. It's unclear if eFast Browser adheres to any sort of privacy policy. (The company behind eFast Browser, Clara Labs, has its own privacy policy, though trying to load this page in Chrome brings up a malware warning.)
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 21 2015, @05:03AM
...it is stupid to use that heap of shit in the first place.
Are you talking about chrome or windows?
I thought it was obvious. This is union shop. We go by seniority.