Google's Chrome Web Store Spammed With Dodgy 'Pirate' Movie Links (torrentfreak.com)

Unknown third parties appear to be exploiting the Chrome Store's 'theme' section to offer visitors access to a wide range of pirate movies including "Black Panther", "Avengers: Infinity War" and "Rampage." From a report: When clicking through to the page offering Ready Player One, for example, users are presented with a theme that apparently allows them to watch the movie online in "Full HD Online 4k." Of course, the whole scheme is a dubious scam which eventually leads users to Vioos dot co, a platform that tries very hard to give the impression of being a pirate streaming portal but actually provides nothing of use. In fact, as soon as one clicks the play button on movies appearing on Vioos dot co, visitors are re-directed to another site called Zumastar which asks people to "create a free account" to "access unlimited downloads and streaming." Google services have a history of being exploited.

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YouTube Too

[Anonymous Coward]

YouTube is full of these videos that are titled after movies and are the correct length. But it's just a robovoice saying DMCA stops us from uploading here click the link in the description. Then they try to infect you.