Video involving Hillary Clinton and ISIS is a spam

Want to watch the video? Sorry, nothing like this exists. The promised video showing Democratic Party presidential nominee Hillary Clinton exchanging money with an ISIS leader is actually a click bait being used by cyber criminals these days to distribute malicious spam emails, according to Symantec.

Firstly, there is no video attached in the mail and to lure you, the email also discusses voting, asking recipients to “decide on who to vote ” after watching the non-existent clip.

The security solutions company says that attached to the email is a .zip file containing a malicious Java file. If executed, the recipient is infected with a Java remote access Trojan (RAT) Symantec detects as Backdoor.Adwind.

Two Visual Basic Script (VBS) files dropped by the malware were also observed that allow it to determine which antivirus and firewall software may be running on the compromised computer.The Adwind RAT is multi-functional and cross-platform, making it possible to infect Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android operating systems.

Not so surprisingly, 85 percent of mail recipients are people from the US. Symantec is advising everyone to be wary of unsolicited mails and reach out to trusted news websites instead for briefs and updates on the US elections.