Cybercriminals never sleep, and now that the whole world is all about the new coronavirus, they’re trying to take advantage of the crisis with their very own tools.
This time, it’s a fake so-called Corona Antivirus, a Windows security application whose purpose is apparently to protect us against the COVID-19.
Malwarebytes and MalwareHunter have both come across the bogus app on two separate websites, both of them offering the antivirus and encouraging users to download it “for the best possible protection against the Corona COVID-19 virus.”
“Our scientists from Harvard University have been working on a special AI development to combat the virus using a windows app. Your PC actively protects you against the Coronaviruses (Cov) while the app is running,”…
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