Malware and fake downloads · stamped DANGER
The "update Chrome to keep reading" boxDANGER
A real scam people fell for this year, next to the real thing. The numbers mark the three things to check: hover or tap one to see what it tells you.
Already have Chrome? It updates itself in the background.
To check, open the menu, then Help, then About Google Chrome.
For Windows 11/10 64-bit.
This website can't be shown on an old version of Chrome.
Download the update to keep reading.
Chrome_Update.exe
Always check the update.
A news site says your Chrome is too old and hands you an update file. Chrome updates itself, and never through some other website: that file is a program from a stranger.
google.com/chrome is Google's own page for Chrome.
lakesideherald.com is a local news site. It has nothing to do with Chrome, and someone has broken into it.
It offers Chrome from Google, and tells you Chrome already updates itself.
It wants you to download and run "Chrome_Update.exe" from a news site.
No warning, no deadline.
You can't keep reading the story until you install it.
RememberBrowsers update themselves. Never install an "update" a website offers you. Check in your browser's menu, under Help, then About.
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