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Fake 7-Zip downloads are turning home PCs into proxy nodes

 
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2026 3:10 pm    Post subject: Fake 7-Zip downloads are turning home PCs into proxy nodes Reply with quote
Cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes has uncovered a deceptive campaign where a fake website at 7zip[.]com impersonates the legitimate 7-Zip archiver (official domain: 7-zip.org) to distribute trojanized installers. These malicious downloads deliver a working version of the popular file compression tool while secretly installing prox...read more
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