Sophos researchers are warning of a recent spam campaign aimed at infecting victims with fake anti-virus.

"The emails Sophos has encountered contain malicious HTML attachments, which the firm has labeled as Troj/JSRedir-CH and Mal/FakeAV-EI (fake anti-virus)," according to Infosecurity.

"Sophos said recipients of these emails who open the HTML files will have their web browser directed to a compromised website containing a malicious iFrame," the article states. "This will allow for the subsequent launch of the fake anti-virus -- a ruse that aims to convince owners of infected machines that their security has been compromised and that they must pay to remove the infection."

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