Fake Verizon Balance Checker: Infected with a Trojan
Cyber criminals have started victimizing Verizon Wireless customers where they send out spam e-mail messages saying that their accounts are over the limit. Then they the customers a “balance checker” program to review their payments. These fake e-mail messages pretend to come from Verizon Wireless. Actually, the balance checker is infected a malicious Trojan horse program.
An antivirus research made at SonicWall shows that if you run the balance checker, your computer will be in danger. SonicWalls catches the infected Trojan with the name Regrun. The scammers were able to quickly flood the Internet with their spam a few hours after they started sending out the e-mail messages. SonicWalls had interrupted the messages of about 16 percent of its customers translating about 200,000 messages per hour on its sensors.
When you download the software, it opens up a back door to their computer allowing more malware to be downloaded from the Zbot botnet. The Zbot botnet is known for quietly stealing your online banking credentials and clearing your account. Of course, the pay-off for the cyber criminals is very huge. According to U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, this type of financial fraud has eliminated US$100 million from U.S. bank accounts. These criminals are really are finding new ways just to trick people and convince them to download their malicious software. As of now, this is the latest billing-cycle scam that they have.
How Can Techie Now Help?
Sending spam e-mail messages attached with a balance checker which is infected with a malware is one of the tricks that cyber criminals use victimize unaware computer users and costumers. For now, the best thing to do is keep updated anti-virus software for your PC protection. If you need assistance with any PC support services – like virus and spyware removal, performance optimization, installation and configuration, and general repair – Techie Now is willing to give you a hand in a better price. Contact Techie Now and enjoy your computer experience.