The WhatsApp chat application spreads dangerous messages that primarily want personal information from users. Avast warns against this.
Currently, a fraudulent call to change the color scheme of the application is spreading through the news in WhatsApp. Avast’s analysts strongly recommend that you do not open the link in the report if it reaches you at all, and that you delete the report best.
The report also includes a link to a page that allegedly offers a change in the color of chat windows and the entire application. After clicking the link, the page requests that the message be shared with your other contacts. Avast analysts have confirmed that the website is really checking to see if you are trying to share the report.
Sending a message does not end it. The site will then prompt you to install the application using the attached link. After clicking on the “DownLoad App” button, several redirects will occur. The first of them is a page that offers notifications from the web, after confirming this option, the user is redirected to the next page again.
This page again offers the option to download the application. However, even after clicking on the “Download Now” button, the application will not start downloading. The website, on the other hand, comes with another condition, which is to send an SMS code.
“The threat to the user lies mainly in his redirection to fraudulent sites. During these various redirects that occur, a user may download an unwanted application to their device or see a phishing website. As for SMS codes, our experts believe that fraudsters want to charge virtual credits, for example to online games, “says Dominika Kalašová, spokeswoman for Avast.
Other fraudulent messages directed to the same domain also spread through WhatsApp. These include, for example, the alleged anniversary celebration of the fast food chain KFC, which is said to be distributing 3,000 “buckets” for free. With the same design, the application also spreads a fake offer for the Russian taxi service Yandex.
“Fraud can easily change and use other methods to obtain users’ personal data. Instead of sending paid SMS codes, attackers can, for example, require you to log in to a phishing site resembling Facebook, “says the technology company. on your blog.
Avast warns WhatsApp users that scams are spreading almost constantly through this application. He warned at the end of October before a phishing message that lured coupons worth 3,000 crowns to buy in Albert stores.
“If any of the scams reach you, don’t click on the links in the report. Alert its sender to the dangers to which it exposes you and yourself by interacting with fraudsters and delete the message for safety, ”recommend Avastu analysts.
This page again offers the option to download the application. However, even after clicking on the “Download Now” button, the application will not start downloading. The website, on the other hand, comes with another condition, which is to send an SMS code.
“The threat to the user lies mainly in his redirection to fraudulent sites. During these various redirects that occur, a user may download an unwanted application to their device or see a phishing website. As for SMS codes, our experts believe that fraudsters want to charge virtual credits, for example to online games, “says Dominika Kalašová, spokeswoman for Avast.
Other fraudulent messages directed to the same domain also spread through WhatsApp. These include, for example, the alleged anniversary celebration of the fast food chain KFC, which is said to be distributing 3,000 “buckets” for free. With the same design, the application also spreads a fake offer for the Russian taxi service Yandex.
“Fraud can easily change and use other methods to obtain users’ personal data. Instead of sending paid SMS codes, attackers can, for example, require you to log in to a phishing site resembling Facebook, “says the technology company. on your blog.
Avast warns WhatsApp users that scams are spreading almost constantly through this application. He warned at the end of October before a phishing message that lured coupons worth 3,000 crowns to buy in Albert stores.
“If any of the scams reach you, don’t click on the links in the report. Alert its sender to the dangers to which it exposes you and yourself by interacting with fraudsters and delete the message for safety, ”recommend Avastu analysts.
