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Whatever You Do, Do NOT Open This Whatsapp Email by Entertain9jar(f): 11:30pm On Jan 11, 2016
WHATSAPP users have been warned against a dangerous new malware campaign, which hopes to trick messenger users into installing an executable file.

Criminals hope to trick WhatsApp users into opening the email – and downloading the attached virus

Cybercriminals circulating malware have set their sights on WhatsApp users, researchers have discovered.
The malware is being distributed in emails, which look as if they have been sent from an official WhatsApp account, researchers at Comodo Labs have revealed.
Criminals hope to trick WhatsApp users into opening the email – and downloading the attached virus.
Messages from the criminals contain suggestive subject lines including, "you have obtained a voice notification", "an audio memo was missed", "a brief audio recording has been delivered" and "a short vocal recording was obtained".

Some WhatsApp users are being sent other notifications too, including a fake notification about a new video note, Comodo has confirmed.
None of these emails originate from a WhatsApp email address – but are "disguised with an umbrella branding", the security firm added.
Each of these malicious messages contains a compressed ZIP file, which will unleash the hidden malware inside.
The malware usually replicates itself into different system folders, adding itself into an auto-run in the computer’s registry.


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Re: Whatever You Do, Do NOT Open This Whatsapp Email by skup008(m): 11:38pm On Jan 11, 2016
Thanks for the info.
Re: Whatever You Do, Do NOT Open This Whatsapp Email by brunofarad(m): 11:41pm On Jan 11, 2016
Ok
Re: Whatever You Do, Do NOT Open This Whatsapp Email by Kingy10: 11:43pm On Jan 11, 2016
Hit like if u think whatsapp is better than telegram and share if telegram is better than WhatsApp
Re: Whatever You Do, Do NOT Open This Whatsapp Email by glamz007(m): 10:47am On Jan 12, 2016
Hope d gist is real sha
Re: Whatever You Do, Do NOT Open This Whatsapp Email by decode55(m): 12:19pm On Jan 12, 2016
Kingy10:
Hit like if u think whatsapp is better than telegram and share if telegram is better than WhatsApp

Go & sit down.

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