The Electronic Crime Prosecution informs Internet users to prevent their computer from being infringed. malware.
The Electronic Crime Prosecution Directorate of the Hellenic Police informs internet users about the circulation of a new virus, which appeared on the internet on 10/5/2014, while it is spreading through various video horror, which internet users try to "open" and which infect the computer with malicious software.
In particular, once installed, this malicious software acquires the ability to perform various illegal actions, without the knowledge of the user, such as disabling system security settings and more specifically the firewall, so as to open backdoors (backdoors) for other infected programs.
It also interferes with the browser and the performance of the computer itself, changing the home page and the default machine αναζήτησης (του φυλλομετρητή). Παράλληλα, αρχίζουν να εμφανίζονται ανεπιθύμητα διαφημίστηκα banners, σελίδες με συνδρομητικές υπηρεσίες μηνυμάτων και κακόβουλα αρχεία για κατέβασμα. Τέλος υπάρχει η δυνατότητα υποκλοπής κωδικών και άλλων κακόβουλων ενεργειών (όπως αποστολή spam emails κ.λπ.)
It is noted that the facebook updates feed shows posts that look like "videos" with strange - shocking content, prompting users to click on the post to see the "video".
The malicious posts appear with various titles such as: Vin Diesel Has Died While Filming a Deadly Scene From Fast and Furious 7, You Won't Believe What This Pregnant Girl Does, [SCHOCK] Schlimmster Motorrad Unfall Der Welt motorcycle in the world), Girl Killed herself live On Cam Just After Dad Seen Her While Doing This on cam!, with the following titles being more popular:
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"Alleged footage of an" actual "ghost attack.
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"Video" showing Aswang, a mythical monster from the Philippines (a video featuring the Aswang that is described as a mythical shape-shifting was-dog / vampire / terrifying thing from the Philippines).
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"Video" with mermaids (a video of Mermaids claiming they are back!).
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"Video" with a big, white shark attacking a ship captain (Video of a huge white shark tearing apart from a sea captain).
When a user clicks on these posts, he is usually asked to first post the post on his "wall" to unlock the "video" (by participating himself in the propagation of malicious posts). Then there is a message that he or she must download or upgrade the video player of the browser to be able to see the "video". If the user performs this action then the corresponding malicious file is installed as shown below in the photos.
