Tip #3977 - New Virus: "Robot"
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New
Virus: "Robot"
Yes, unfortunately
it's true. Another virus has been discovered and it is quickly working
its way around the Internet these days. The name of the virus is "Robot"
and it looks as if this one has perfected the use of trickery. The virus
comes in through an e-mail, with the scammers conning you into thinking
they're going to help you, but they actually infect you instead. Keep
reading for more details on this!
The e-mail you might
see says something about a robot detecting abnormal activity from your
IP address when you're sending out e-mails. It then goes on to say that
this is probably happening because of another virus and they offer you
a patch to install. The patch will supposedly remove the virus files and
stop any further "bad" e-mails from going out. They then tell
you that if you don't get the patch, your account will be blocked and
you won't be able to send any e-mails at all.
Once you install the
patch, a Trojan then installs itself into your Windows system folder under
the name of "windev-72b5-203e.sys." The Trojan
virus has also been found under other names, including Trojan.Packed.13,
W32/Nuwar@MM, Worm:Win32/Nuwar.JT and
Mal/Dorf-A. Now, as you can see, this scam is perfect,
because when most people are told they're infected with a virus, they
do whatever they can to get rid of it. That is, despite the fact they
may be hurting themselves even more in the end. So, the bottom line is,
if you see anything like this pop up in your e-mail, don't do anything
with it. Just ignore it, delete it and keep on moving. Stay safe, my friends!
~ Erin
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