Red Condor had warned email users that there is a new virus circulating nowadays that goes undetected in most anti-virus softwares. The virus is emailed in disguise as a response to an advertisement on Craigslist where it is embedded. Red Condor had detected the virus last August 12 and the virus usually comes as an email with headings such as a reply for a car for sale on the Craigslist website. On the email, it suggests that you click on the images of the car which is also disguised to be on a Picasa album. Once you click the link then you automatically get infected unless your anti-virus software belongs to the 13 out of 41 anti-virus software that could detect it right away.
It is getting harder and harder to detect the latest malicious virus and the only way you could keep yourself virus-free is by avoiding links that would direct you to a different website when you don’t know the sender or the email looks malicious. Even if you know the sender, you should still avoid clicking on links that are unknown to you as some email addresses are also being hacked and it is then used to send the viruses on all its contact list.
Red Condor’s CEO said that companies should act quickly to eliminate potential threats. Anti-virus software is not enough protection nowadays and we should be vigilant in all our clicks. It only takes one click to get your computer infected and the virus could spread like wildfire if it goes undetected.
Do you have any information on what kind of virus this is. I was selling my car on Craigslist and my wife actually clicked on the links. I told her to unhook the internet and unplug the computer immediately.
Thanks.
Jon