Virus infection threat reported - steemitgiveaway(dot).gq

<h1>A new very dangerous virus infection attempt is spreading on Steemit .Be very careful with any suspicious offer. This could lead to your computer being infected! <h3>Threat Description <p dir="auto">The attacker publish the following comment on user’s post: <p dir="auto"><img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmf2XAwdWVfyfEMrEf5eAeE3X1cyQUw8P2Ropjxd7rNsdH/image.png" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmf2XAwdWVfyfEMrEf5eAeE3X1cyQUw8P2Ropjxd7rNsdH/image.png 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmf2XAwdWVfyfEMrEf5eAeE3X1cyQUw8P2Ropjxd7rNsdH/image.png 2x" /><br /> <sub><em>NOTE: the author or the content of the comment may be different from the above screenshot <p dir="auto">If you click on the link, you will be redirected to a website similar to this one: <p dir="auto"><img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQD81rBKwTFaHUT1vPycvjWdrRFS4DHozphDge1EMmp2T/image.png" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQD81rBKwTFaHUT1vPycvjWdrRFS4DHozphDge1EMmp2T/image.png 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQD81rBKwTFaHUT1vPycvjWdrRFS4DHozphDge1EMmp2T/image.png 2x" /><br /> <sub><em>Note that the website name can be different than the one displayed on the above screenshot <p dir="auto">If you look at any of random link generated on the website, you will see that it contains something like <p dir="auto"><code>http://www.searchingmagnified.com/…. <h3>What is searchingmagnified.com <p dir="auto"><strong>Searchingmagnified.com is a nasty and harmful computer infection deemed as browser hijacker! <p dir="auto">It is a fake search provider created and distributed by cyber crooks to gain illegal profit. It is able to infect any computer system running on Windows OS. searchingmagnified.com virus is a browser based virus and it can work with all famous browsers. It can hijack Google Chrome, MS Edge, Mozilla Firefox, IE, Opera and many others very easily. <p dir="auto">Once inside your PC, this deceptive threat will modify your system and browser settings. searchingmagnified.com virus will change the homepage and search engine of your infected browser with its own malicious domain. It looks like a genuine and normal search provider but it show lots of sponsored results, pop-ups, banners, deals and other advertisements. It can also redirect your browser on unknown and malicious web pages automatically. <p dir="auto">searchingmagnified.com virus has the main motive to boost the traffic of its partner websites and generate revenue to earn commission. It can open various new tabs ads on your browser without your confirmation. You will get lots of annoying pop-ups and redirect tabs on your computer. searchingmagnified.com virus mostly intrude your computer through bundled free third party programs, spam emails, suspicious websites, shareware, porn or torrent sites and many other tricks. Once getting the control of your PC, it can also disable your anti-virus and firewall programs. It is hard to detect and remove this nasty infection using any regular anti-virus program. searchingmagnified.com virus can track your browsing history and collect your sensitive details including financial information. It can share your data with hackers and risk your privacy. It can also create loopholes on your system for other threats and intruders. <h3>Preventive action activated <p dir="auto">This threat has been added to the black list of my Warning-Bot and it will issue warnings with a link to this post, notifying users of the malicious activity of those accounts. <p dir="auto">If you find similar phishing attempts, contact me on <a href="https://steem.chat/direct/arcange" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">steem.chat <p dir="auto">To protect yourself, you can: <ul> <li>always double check before clicking on a link, especially if this links take you away from steemit.com. <li>verify the reputation of people writing comments on your posts. A user with a low reputation should trigger you attention. <h3>Previous threat alerts <p dir="auto">If you missed them, please find here the previous alerts I published: <ul> <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/scam-alert-and-white-hat-counter-strike" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Scam alert and white hat counter-strike <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/phishing-exploit-has-been-stopped-scammers-thwarted" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Phishing exploit has been stopped - Scammers thwarted! <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/potential-scammer-reported" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Potential scammer reported- @jones420 <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/scam-alert-fake-steemit-website-try-to-steal-your-password" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Fake Steemit website try to steal your password! <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/scam-alert-steemitsecurity" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Phishing attack to steal your active key <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/potential-scammer-reported-minnowpond" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Potential scammer reported - @minnowpond <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/potential-scammer-reported-russiann" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Scammer reported - @russiann <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/scammer-reported-steemitrobot" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Scammer reported - @steemitrobot <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/scammer-reported-tripadvisor-com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Scammer reported - @tripadvisor.com <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/scammer-reported-tripadvisor-com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Scammer reported - @harquick <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/scammer-reported-gtg-witnesses" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Scammer reported - @gtg.witnesses <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/phishing-site-reported-sleemit-com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Phishing site reported - sleemit(dot)com <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/phishing-site-reported-www-steemitfollowup-ml" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Phishing site reported - www.steemitfollowup(dot)ml <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/phishing-site-reported-www-steemitfollowup-dot-cf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Phishing site reported - www.steemitfollowup(dot)cf <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/phishing-site-reported-autosteemer-dot-com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Phishing site reported - www.autosteemer(dot)com <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/phishing-site-reported-autosteemer-dot-club" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Phishing site reported - www.autosteemer(dot)club <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/phishing-site-reported-upperwhale" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Phishing site reported - upperwhale <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/phishing-site-reported-steamit-dot-ga" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Phishing site reported - steamit(dot)ga <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/phishing-site-reported-steenit-dot-cf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Phishing site reported - steenit(dot)cf <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/phishing-site-reported-steemautobot-dot-ml" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Phishing site reported - steemautobot(dot)ml <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/phishing-site-reported-autosteem-dot-info" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Phishing site reported - autosteem(dot)info <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/phishing-site-reported-steemij-dot-tk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Phishing site reported - steemij(dot)tk <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/phishing-site-reported-steemitservices-dot-ml" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Phishing site reported - steemitservices(dot)ml <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/phishing-site-reported-uppervotes-dot-ml" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Phishing site reported - uppervotes(dot)ml <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/phishing-site-reported-steemupgot-dot-ga" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Phishing site reported - steemupgot(dot)ga <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/virus-infection-threat-reported-searchingmagnified-dot-com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Virus infection threat reported - searchingmagnified(dot)com <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/phishing-site-reported-steemrobot-dot-ga" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Phishing site reported - steemrobot(dot)ga <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/phishing-site-reported-postupper-dot-ml" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Phishing site reported - postupper(dot)ml <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/phishing-site-reported-steembot" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Phishing site reported - steembot <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/phishing-site-reported-steemone" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Phishing site reported - steemone <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/phishing-reported-scammers-use-account-s-profile" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Phishing reported - Scammers use account's profile <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/phishing-site-reported-steemitfoto" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Phishing site reported - steemitfoto <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/scammers-must-really-hate-me-a-lot-to-create-a-dedicated-scam-link" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Scammers must really hate me a lot to create a dedicated scam link <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/phishing-site-reported-pixz" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Phishing site reported - pixz <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/anti-phishing-war-the-crooks-continue-their-bashing-campaign" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Anti-phishing war - The crooks continue their bashing campaign <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/phishing-site-reported-steemitprotection" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Phishing site reported - SteemitProtection <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/phishing-site-reported-myaprotection" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Phishing site reported - myaprotection <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/phishing-site-reported-tpm-rotator" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Phishing site reported - TPM Rotator <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/phishing-site-reported-steempix" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Phishing site reported - SteemPix <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/phishing-site-reported-minnowboosternetwhitelistinvite" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Phishing site reported - minnowboosternetwhitelistinvite <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/phishing-site-reported-steemituper" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Phishing site reported - steemituper <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/7qq68f-phishing-site-reported-steemiv" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Phishing site reported - steemiv <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/phishing-reported-post-copied-without-your-permission" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Phishing site reported - Post copied without your permission <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/phishing-site-reported-black-steem" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Phishing site reported - Black Steem <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/phishing-site-reported-steembottracker-dot-trade" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Phishing site reported - Steembottracker(dot)trade <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/potential-scammer-reported-still-observer" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Scammer reported - @still-observer <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/be-careful-new-scam-for-phishing-website-uses-fake-comments-with-images" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">New scam for phishing website uses fake comments with images <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/phishing-attempts-use-images-as-comments" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Phishing attempts use images as comments <h3>reminder <p dir="auto">A bit of paranoia is the basis of security.<br /> There are a few simple rules to follow in order to avoid having your account hacked: <p dir="auto"><strong>Rule 1: NEVER, I repeat, NEVER use or give your <strong>owner key or password! <p dir="auto"><strong>Rule 2: Use your <strong>posting key to <strong>login, post and vote on <strong>trusted websites like steemit.com or busy.org. <p dir="auto"><strong>Rule 3: NEVER give your <strong>active key as this key allows to control your funds! Only use your <strong>active key for special operation like money transfer or account update on <strong>trusted websites like steemit.com. <p dir="auto"><strong>Rule 4: Anywhere else, if you are requested to provide any of the above key: <strong>RUN AWAY!!! <p dir="auto">4 simple rules. It's not much to remember. Follow them scrupulously, and you will only have to laugh at unsuccessful attempts from scammers. <p dir="auto">Spread the words, <strong>resteem this post to your friends, and you will make the platform safer. <p dir="auto">Thanks for reading! <hr /> <p dir="auto">If you notice any new suspect activity like the one described above, drop a comment on this post or contact me on <a href="https://steem.chat/direct/arcange" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">steem.chat <hr /> <p dir="auto"><center><a href="http://steemitboard.com/@arcange" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link"><img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/http://u.cubeupload.com/arcange/wIip0r.png" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/http://u.cubeupload.com/arcange/wIip0r.png 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/http://u.cubeupload.com/arcange/wIip0r.png 2x" /><br /> <sub><em>footer created with <strong><a href="https://steemitboard.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">steemitboard - click any award to see my board of honor <h3><center>Support me and my work to protect the Steemit platform. <h3><center><a href="https://steemit.com/~witnesses" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Vote for my witness