Alerts
Fake McAfee Patch
Date:12.13.2005
Threat Type: Malicious Website / Malicious Code
Websense® Security Labs™ has received reports of an email scam disguised as a patch for McAfee products. Users receive a spoofed email message instructing them to click on a link to immediately download and install a patch from McAfee. This patch claims to address a virus that does not exisit. The link in the email takes users to a fraudulent website, that appears to be the legitimate McAfee security site.
The patch hosted on this page is actually a Trojan downloader.
The malicious site is hosted in the United States and was online at the time of this alert.
Malicious site screenshot:
