Bin Laden Malware Scam: Beware!

If you thought 'Osama' is a name that would no longer haunt you, you are wrong. After Osama's death, get ready to face the 'Bin Laden Malware'. The Internet went frenzy flooding all the social networking sites and content sharing websites with the news of Osama's death. There's however a malware that's said to be spreading through email. The malware arrives through email and asks your to click on the more authentic news coverage of the incident. Internet users are being alerted.

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Bin Laden Malware

McAfee and Sophos - both computer security firms alerted users that there were reports of the 'Bin Laden Malware'. The emails would promise users to show the authentic photos of Osama after death (which are not officially released yet). Upon clicking those links, users would get directed to sites that would install malware on the computers. Such malware can steal your personal information and even anonymously track your online activity. One of the emails promised the users to show a video of Osama reading the news of his own death, debunking the news that he was shot dead by US special forces.

Security professionals all over the world are advising people not to click on such emails and do not download any software from websites they didn't intend to visit.