Warning after virus scam hits PayPal users
Ebay are warning their users to be vigilant after users of PayPal fell victim to a hi-tech scam in November and December. Many received a replicating virus that, camouflaged as an email from the online payment provider, tried to trick the recipient into sending sensitive information.
The W32.Paylap worm is a variant of the so-called Mimail virus that first surfaced in August. Posing…