Experts are warning of a new Trojan that is spreading by masquerading as a
patch for McAfee's
antivirus software.
Emails have been spammed out
pretending
to be a security update for a virus called 'Kongos 31' which does not exist.
The email contains a link to a web page hosted in the US that looks very similar
to the
McAfee
download page.
"Users receive a spoofed email message instructing them to click on a link to
immediately download and install a patch from McAfee," said internet monitoring
firm Websense.
"The link in the email takes users to a fraudulent website that appears to be
the legitimate McAfee security site. The patch hosted on this page is actually a
Trojan downloader."
Users are warned that McAfee does not send out this kind of email and instead
alerts users through its own software.
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