After break hackers exploit Amy’s Winehouse death again
By Gina on October 20, 2011 | Phishing, Amy’s Winehouse death, phishing scam, rogue message, Amy’s Winehouse unreleased track scam
After the Amy’s Winehouse death there were many scams floating across the Internet that were exploiting music star’s death. However, after some peaceful time hackers abuse this news again.
This phishing scam is a message "One of my Unreleased Tracks Feat Amy Winehouse Download Here" which spreads via Twitter. The fake message contains link which hijacks victim to abusive site that contains Trojan.
Do not fall for this scam because this is Trojan infection that gives you viruses onto your computer and nothing more. You will definitely not get Amy’s Winehouse unreleased track. The main thing you get is a various infections onto your system that will need a cleanup of the virus .
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