Malwarebytes: look out for PUPS masquerading as the GOG Galaxy client

By james_fudge

Less than 30 hours after GOG.com launched its Galaxy beta client, scammers were lining up to trick gamers into infecting their computers with malware, according to a new blog post from security research firm and anti-virus software maker Malwarebytes. Malwarebytes security analyst Jovi Umawing details how some users are getting tricked in a new blog post today.

Once a scammer tricks users into visiting their fraudulent download site and jumping through several web pages, they give them access to a fake client download. Once executed, the file displays a dialog box claiming that it is initializing, followed by an error window. Ultimately, nothing is stalled, save a PUP.

What is a PUP? The short answer is a "potentially unwanted program." The long answer can be found on the Malwarebytes web site. You can learn about this GOG Galaxy related scam here.

Of course, the only real place you can get the GOG Galaxy client is on GOG.com.