New Virus Poses as a Message from BitDefender

A new, as yet unnamed mass-mailer is in the wild. It comes in an e-mail message with a spoofed "from" field (support@bitdefender.com) and prompts users to download harmful executables from the http://playb.......a.go.ro/ website. The hosting company of the website in question has been contacted and asked to remove the offending site.





Users are advised to NOT follow the link or download the executables in question under any circumstances whatsoever, to update their antivirus with the latest virus definitions and to initiate a full scan of their computers at their earliest convenience.

The BitDefender support team does NOT, under any circumstances, send security warnings of any kind.

A virus definition has been issued. BitDefender Labs is currently working on a removal tool which will soon be available on the company website.

Source: press release

See also:

Bored Computer Virus Offers to Play a Musical Tune, Sophos Reports

Mass-Mailing Viruses Could be a Thing of the Past

First Website Devoted to Mobile Phone Viruses Launched





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