Today sees a new Trojan which is being spread through spam emails about the crash of a F1 star. The email contains a video of the supposed crash of F1 star Fernando Alonso. There was no crash and the story is fake but as soon as someone views the video malware is installed onto the user’s computer. Therefore users should be aware of these emails being spread around.
It appears that virus writers like to use news stories to spread viruses using real life and made up stories. At the start of the month a similar scam was pulled with a fake story about the beginning of world war 3. These stories contain malicious malware through planting key-stroking software onto the user’s computer. The virus writer is then able to find out individuals online banking details which can lead to further chaos for the user.
The message to users would be to be very careful about what stories you read and also ensure not to open any suspicious emails. Also ensure you have suitable anti-virus software on machines to try and prevent any such attack.
It appears that virus writers like to use news stories to spread viruses using real life and made up stories. At the start of the month a similar scam was pulled with a fake story about the beginning of world war 3. These stories contain malicious malware through planting key-stroking software onto the user’s computer. The virus writer is then able to find out individuals online banking details which can lead to further chaos for the user.
The message to users would be to be very careful about what stories you read and also ensure not to open any suspicious emails. Also ensure you have suitable anti-virus software on machines to try and prevent any such attack.
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