Masochistic Windows users have been given a helping hand from hackers, in the form of step-by-step instructions on how to get their PCs infected with malware.
A recent malware-slinging banking trojan campaign targeting Germany last week comes with explicit instructions for the recipients describing how to get their computers infected, anti-virus firm Avirareports.
The directions come as a zipped text file along with the Trojan downloader with the malware hiding on the recipient’s computer behind the standard icon for an Excel file. If the downloader does not automatically open or is stopped by the recipient’s antivirus software, the directions in the readme.txt give detailed directions how to execute that malware.
The infected file is called “Gewinner Quittung“ or “winner receipt”. It’s something less than plausible and anybody who opens it is either unusually credulous or deliberately trying to get pwned. Perhaps they don’t want to be left out.
But what if they get stopped by built-in security defences while installing the nasty? The hackers behind the threat are there to offer a helping hand.
Prospective marks are told to just click and agree to everything. More precisely recipients are advised to double click on the extracted file. And from there, just click on “Agree” and then “Run”. Windows 10 comes with increased defences against this sort of malarkey. However, the hackers are there to offer top tips to self-harmers. For the full article click here
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