[HIB]New Variant of Malware Concealed as McAfee VirusScan Trial

Security firm Sophos has recently warned netizens to be cautious of fake antivirus software that pretends itself as a free 30-day trial of McAfee VirusScan Plus.Graham Cluley, Senior Technology Consultant at Sophos, said that the company's spam traps seized a wave of malicious emails that alleged to offer the virtual McAfee trial. Instead, it delivered malicious cargo naming as Mal/FakeAV-El, as reported by Tom's Guide on July 28, 2010.The e-mail says: "Download a FREE 30-day Trial of MCAfee VirusScan Plus and Be Automaticaly Entered to Win. Installation file attached". The file attached with the mail is a setup.zip.

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