computer virus Since the start of TechGeekandMore one of the biggest focuses has involved Malware and Rogueware. Malware and Rogueware can infect a pc via various ways (visiting websites, clicking on links, via emails, etc….). Until now, all the email warnings covered English language emails, because that’s what was known to exist.  However as of now I can officially report that those emails are now multi-language.  This evening I received an email (from a Spanish speaking family member) that says “Amix, esto tienes que probarlo”, which loosely translates to “Buddy, You have to check this out”. 

spanish malware email

     The English version of the email has been a regular for a while, “Checking to see who is blocking you on messenger”.  The hook being that if you click on the provided link in the email, that you will be able to see (supposedly) who has you blocked from their MSN Messenger list.  As noted while looking at the email source (below), it is almost an exact translation of the English version, claiming that if you look at the link you will be able to see who is blocking you (I did block the internet addresses within the source of the email) 

email source

     What the link actually does is install a version of Antivirus2009 (or 2010) which causes a lot of headaches for the user and normally requires a tech to clean up or reinstall your computer.  If you have any Spanish speaking family or friends, we highly recommend that you let them know NOT to open this email, and to just list it as junk mail and delete it.  If they have already opened the email, they can use programs like the free version of SuperAntiSpyware (LINK: http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html (http://www NULL.superantispyware NULL.com/superantispywarefreevspro NULL.html)) or the free version of Malwarebytes (LINK: http://www.malwarebytes.org/ (http://www NULL.malwarebytes NULL.org/)).