Security News > 2022 > April > Windows 11 tool to add Google Play secretly installed malware
A popular Windows 11 ToolBox script used to add the Google Play Store to the Android Subsystem has secretly infected users with malicious scripts, Chrome extensions, and potentially other malware.
While there were ways to use ADB to sideload Android apps, users began looking for methods that let them add the Google Play Store to Windows 11.
Once tech sites discovered the script, it was quickly promoted and installed by many.
Unbeknownst to everyone until this week, the Windows Toolbox was actually a Trojan that executed a series of obfuscated, malicious PowerShell scripts to install a trojan clicker and possibly other malware on devices.
Over the past week, various users shared the discovery that the Windows Toolbox script was a front for a very clever malware attack, leading to a surprisingly low-quality malware infection.
While the Windows Toolbox script performed all of the features described on GitHub, it also contained obfuscated PowerShell code that would retrieve various scripts from Cloudflare workers and use them to execute commands and download files on an infected device.
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