Virus Ericsson - Dangerous Threat - Type of Virus Hoax

VIRUS ERICSSON DESCRIPTION

Common Name: Ericsson
Technical name: Ericsson
Hazard: High Hazard
Alias​​: Ericsson
Virus Type: Hoax
Effects:

Ericsson is a hoax, and there is no direct effect. However, indiscriminate forwarding of such emails can have the following consequences: Saturation mail accounts. Disclosure of your email, you may end up swelling the lists of addresses that spammers send unwanted messages.

Affected platforms

Release Date: 0 out of 0 to 0:00 hours
Are you outstanding?: 0
Repair utility: 0

Headline

Ericsson is a hoax or misleading mail message aimed at enabling the user to forward, under the false promise that you will receive a mobile telecommunications company Ericsson to change, if forwarded at least 8 people. Logically, this reward never received.

The aim of this hoax is to mass-forwarding the users fooled.

However, to avoid problems, disregard your information and delete the message without forwarding it to anyone.

Visible symptoms

Ericsson is presented as a seemingly normal email, but can be recognized by their content. The content of this always refers to the possibility of receiving an Ericsson mobile phone in exchange for forwarding the message to at least 8 people.