Alert, Malware From Movie Pirated The Interview

(phonearena.com)

California - Marketed online, making the film The Interview rampant piracy. But be careful, some pirated links controversial film has been inserted by malware.


Security firm McAfee discovered a fact that some of the links The interview turned out to deliberately paired with malware called Android/Badaccents. Directly this malware is targeting users of Android devices.

According to McAfee, this malware including malignant categories. Because it has proven capable of infecting several banks in South Korea, as reported PhoneArena.

Up to now, has been noted that there are about 20 thousand Android devices infected malware. Most handsets are becoming victims of their personal information will be retrieved.

A few hours after the film was released in the online paid services, a number of links in the network circulate pirated directly Torrent. Within 24 hours after circulating in Torrent, The Interview The pirated version has been downloaded 900 thousand times.

McAfee also suggested that Android users not to download illegal files of this film in order to maintain the security of mobile phones and personal data.