Beware of the Fake GTA 5 PC beta email

Grand Theft Auto V

One of the hit game of 2013, GTA V is coming into limelight these days because of a fake GTA V PC beta email roaming on the internet. Even though Rockstar Games have not officially announced PC version of GTA V but cyber hackers are playing with feelings of fans by putting up a fake GTA V PC beta email.

According to the mail,it invites the reader to be a beta tester for GTA 5 for the PC. It contains a .ZIP file which is a malware that attempts to trick users into installing it. In reality the file is a backdoor that will give hackers access to the computer if they install it.

This is how the spam mail looks:

Trend Micro, an online security company is trying to aware the netizens about this fake beta email.

Trend Micro said,”At this time we don’t have an indication of how many people it has caused problems for. Trend Micro is trying to spread awareness of this issue to help contain this problem.”