Whatsapp Virus alert

[FamilyGuy]

If you get an email that purports to be from Whatsapp and includes a VoiceMail DO NOT OPEN IT !!!!!

It contains a very nasty Virus, and the nice man from Norton and I have just spent 2 hours and £65 getting rid of it!!!

That is all.

 

[Leighgull]

Thanks for the info.

 

[hastings]

At least i attempted to open it at work

 

[middletoenail]

Is this on iOS or Android?

 

[Triggaaar]

If you get an email that purports to be from Whatsapp and includes a VoiceMail DO NOT OPEN IT !!!!!

Some more advice:

Don't open any file from someone you don't know, or a file without explanation from someone you do know (if it looks suspicious, as if their email has been hacked and sent rubbish to everyone in their contact list).

 

[vegster]

Some more advice:

Don't open any file from someone you don't know, or a file without explanation from someone you do know (if it looks suspicious, as if their email has been hacked and sent rubbish to everyone in their contact list).

Another little tip is to check the time the E-mail arrived. I have saved myself big problems by not opening mail that had arrived at 5.30 am purportedly from a pal in East Worthing.

 

[Questions]

Another little tip is to check the time the E-mail arrived. I have saved myself big problems by not opening mail that had arrived at 5.30 am purportedly from a pal in East Worthing.

That was me after a night on the sniff Veg.

 

[chez]

If you get an email that purports to be from Whatsapp and includes a VoiceMail DO NOT OPEN IT !!!!!

It contains a very nasty Virus, and the nice man from Norton and I have just spent 2 hours and £65 getting rid of it!!!

That is all.

How did you get rid of it? I'm trying to get it off my system at the moment. Really annoyed with myself for opening it!!

 

[Lyndhurst 14]

There's a nasty little Pay Pal one doing the rounds as well

 

[gazingdown]

So, it's a Trojan and not a virus right?

 

[Stumpy Tim]

There are over 750,000 pieces of malware on the Google Play Store right now, and that'll reach 1,000,000 by the end of the year. I wouldn't buy an Android phone again

 

[The Legend that IS Lawro]

There are over 750,000 pieces of malware on the Google Play Store right now, and that'll reach 1,000,000 by the end of the year. I wouldn't buy an Android phone again

 

[FamilyGuy]

How did you get rid of it? I'm trying to get it off my system at the moment. Really annoyed with myself for opening it!!

It took a call to Norton and several hours work by them to eradicate it.

Btw the email was sent to my iPhone but I opened it on my laptop.

 

[FamilyGuy]

I believe so

 

[FamilyGuy]

So, it's a Trojan and not a virus right?

I believe so ...

 

[Woodchip]

There are over 750,000 pieces of malware on the Google Play Store right now, and that'll reach 1,000,000 by the end of the year. I wouldn't buy an Android phone again

iOS is the biggest virus in existence though.

 

[Arthur]

I got an email from the heir to a Nigerian fortune. He just needs to borrow my bank account for a couple of weeks whilst he gets his shit together. He's then going to give me a couple of mill for my troubles......I'll see you lot on the other side! Adiós suckers!

 

[Superphil]

Is this on iOS or Android?

I use Whatsapp on iOS but the email came to my Outlook on my PC

 

[ExmouthExile]

I got an email from the heir to a Nigerian fortune. He just needs to borrow my bank account for a couple of weeks whilst he gets his shit together. He's then going to give me a couple of mill for my troubles......I'll see you lot on the other side! Adiós suckers!

That's very peculiar. A Nigerian heir also contacted me a few weeks ago requesting the very same thing - I wonder if it's the same one? I'm still waiting for my 2.5 million, but all this makes me a little suspicious now!

 

[Geriatric Seagull]

Can anyone tell me the cheapest way to hire a plane from the Philippines? It appears that several of my friends have flown there recently without telling anyone and are now stuck without the money to get back!