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OTX Threat: Fake CCleaner installs GhostDesk Chrome spyware

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A fraudulent version of the widely-used PC cleaning utility CCleaner is being distributed through a convincing imitation website to deploy GhostDesk, a malicious Chrome extension functioning as spyware. The attack begins when users download the fake application from a lookalike site, which then launches a multi-stage infection using CScript to modify Chrome's Security Extension and install malicio

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