Twilight fans caught out by worm

As ‘Twilight: New Moon’ gains interest from a huge amount of fans, it seems like the ideal time for cybercriminals to attempt to fool some of these fans into spreading malware for them.

No matter what the story is, if it is popular cybercriminals will use it to advertise an exclusive interview or film clip.

This comes in the form of a link, which takes the visitor to an infected site.

According to the online security company, PC Tools, using a search technique known as SEO Poisoning the cybercriminals are able to infiltrate Google search results and are therefore able to attract the fans.

As soon as the visitor reaches the infected site, a pop up tells them their computer is infected and offers a link to phony antivirus software.

It looks like something generated from the user’s computer but if the product is downloaded it will infect the computer with malware.