WhatsApp used to spread a new virus for Android

Again the popular instant messaging application WhatsApp is the hook that uses an Android smartphone virus pretending to be a voicemail message this service to trick users.
Co- RedesZone sound the alarm about a new virus if it takes WhatsApp as camouflage to try to sneak into the systems of Android.
On this occasion, the latest threat detected by Avira is a malware that is sent to users by pretending to be a notification messaging application by sms or email.
In the user terminal displays a message like "You have a new voicemail" or similar but always referring to that someone has left a recording on voicemail and offering a link to access the web in which supposedly stored. Another possibility is that you can see in the picture and that comes through email showing logos, buttons and a design in keeping with the aesthetics of WhatsApp to give it more credibility.

Whether you access the sms link as pressing a button on the mail, you will automatically begin the download of malware on the smartphone, for now, only seems to affect the Android operating system terminals installed.

WhatsApp, a bonanza for malware

WhatsApp, given its popularity, is one of the most used applications developers to try to sneak viruses on phones and computers, either through ads on social networks like Facebook, where we attended recently, one of the last alleged offered the possibility of using the application from the desktop of a PC , or through related applications like WhatsApp Spy , an application that ensured we would insmiscuirnos in conversations of our contacts and that even the National Police from his official account on Twitter denounced as a dangerous fraud.

Prudence, the best antivirus

The best advice to protect against this type of attempted deception is caution and be aware that not send notifications WhatsApp outside the application itself and its functions are those that are new and 100% secure updates only come through official for your platform.