Security News Tech Support Scam Take Over a Browser via Facebook Ads

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open the link above to watch a video showing the attack (scroll down to the bottom of the article).

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Facebook users in France are subject to a wave of malicious ads, which if clicked, will redirect them to a website hosting a tech support scam.

The campaign was first reported on the Malekal forum by French users. At the moment, the malvertising attack seems to be aimed at French-speaking users only, with all the malicious ads appearing to advertise French sites, but silently redirecting potential visitors to web pages that scare users with ominous warnings.

Users told they've been infected with the Zeus Virus

For the French version of this tech support scam, crooks attempt to trick victims into calling a phone number for tech support services by telling users they've been infected with the "Zeus Virus." Zeus is the name of an older banking trojan, whose source code was leaked many years ago and has been used as the base for many of today banking trojans.

If users dismiss the popup telling them they're infected with the virus, the underlying page tells them their system has encountered errors.