Thursday 3 April 2014

Avast Warns Users from Opening a Bogus WhatsApp Email


Have you got some emails in your inbox with the title “Missed voice message” and the sender name “WhatsApp Messenger”? If yes, then do not open this email and immediately trash it. Within the last few days a fake email which presents itself as an important email from WhatsApp team has been spreading out in the internet. This email is a hoax. WhatsApp never emails its users; the company usually notifies users directly by sending messages via the app itself.  


So if you have any email with sender name as WhatsApp messenger then that email is a threat. Avast is warning its users not to open the fake email. According to them the email asks recipient to download the attached file with the name “Missed-messages.zip”. According to Avast this zip file contains an executable file with the same name missed-message.exe. On running this exe file, it can download and install harmful malware, including Zeus Trojan, in recipient computer.

The Zeus Trojan is a pretty harmful virus, it usually remains silent in the background, until the user don’t log on to a banking website. Once a banking site is opened, Zeus collects user’s potential data and other online banking information. 

So what you can do to protect yourself and your data against the attack and possible malware installations is, simply deleting the mail from your inbox and installing a powerful antivirus and internet protection software, like those provided by Avast. 

The Avast Antivirus can detect executable files spread in Zip files and protects users from Zeus and other possible threats and attacks.

However, if you face any difficulties in downloading or using any feature of Avast security solutions, then the best thing to do is contacting experts. There are well versed experts working with Techcillin Avast Tech Support Team

As they are the experts of Avast security solutions so, they understand all know-how of Avast. All that you have to do is giving a call at their Avast Tech Support Number and getting your problems solved.  

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