The most popular movie recently, “Spider-Man: Homeless Day”, with its exquisite special effects and exciting plot, has attracted everyone to the cinema to participate in the event. However, some people want to find resources to download on the Internet for convenience and speculation. However, do not get excited as soon as you see the download point, because there may be a coveted virus hidden in it, and Windows Defender, which is said to be powerful, cannot detect it.
“Spider-Man” virus delivery site spreads rapidly on the Internet, and Windows Defender cannot detect it
Reason Cybersecurity, a security agency, discovered that due to the publisher of “Spider-Man: Homeless Day”, the film was not immediately available on online audio and video platforms such as Disney+. Despite this, many pirated and stolen resources were leaked, and some even packaged themselves as 720P or 1080P MKV high-definition. After research, many of them contained Trojans or bundled malware, and some were even mixed with mining programs.
Although this malware does not harm personal information (which is what most users fear when they hear about computer viruses), the damage caused by mining can be seen in users’ skyrocketing electricity bills. Because the mining program will run for a long time, it will directly cause the user to lose actual money. Additionally, because mining often requires extremely high CPU usage, this can cause a drastic slowdown in the computer, often causing users to experience a slowdown or actual damage to the computer.
Although it has become commonplace to use popular movies or media resources to sell sheep’s meat, but judging from the popular box office of “Spider-Man: Homeless Day”, these unscrupulous people will never stop there. In addition, Windows Defender cannot detect it. The most effective way is to support the genuine version and do not download it randomly to avoid affecting your own rights and interests.
◎Data source:Reason Cybersecurity
Source: KOCPC Chinese