Fake Virus-cleaning Tool Spreading Malware

According to the reports coming in from Security firm Trend Micro, hackers in China are pushing out a malware that is reaching users' inboxes as Trend Micro Virus Clean Tool.

As per security analysts, malware is a file or program that causes damage to a PC and consists of computer worms, viruses, trojans horses as well as spyware, programs designed to collect information from end-users without their consent. Also, while malware works, it primarily remains unobserved either by hiding itself on a system or by simply not allowing its presence be known to the computer user.

Further, in the current instance, malware is being distributed via Virus Clean Tool and contains a Chinese-language link, implying that the threat prev...

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