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The thread’s main topic is an article detailing the “LizaMoon” malware, specifically how it hijacks links on many websites and uses fake security-scan scare tactics to trick users into running bogus cleanup tools. The key points emphasize that the infection is avoidable by recognizing the malicious link behavior and not running the suggested fake AV tools. Overall sentiment is cautionary but confident, presenting the threat as straightforward to sidestep with informed browsing and user awareness.
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LizaMoon infection: a blow-by-blow account

By Fred Langa
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A nasty piece of malware known as LizaMoon has hijacked links on millions of websites in the past weeks, including some normally safe iTunes and Google links.

Fortunately, LizaMoon is easy to avoid if you know what to look for.

Using rogue-AV scare tactics, LizaMoon tries to trick you into running bogus security-scan and virus-cleanup tools on your PC — but it's pure malware.
 

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