A malware that uses your pc to mine is being distributed on facebook

As time goes by, Facebook is becoming a more common option to distribute malware. Generally through attachments or fraudulent links. Now this happens again. A message is being distributed through the social network in which a file called video_xxxxxx.zip (insert numbers in the x's) is sent.

A malware that your PC uses to mine is being distributed on Facebook

As you can imagine, downloading the file causes malware to enter our computer. In this case, what this malware does is use our computer to mine Monero. The trend of using users' computers to mine cryptocurrencies seems to be very much alive with this new malware.

Malware that mine using your computer

This is something that we have seen on websites such as Plusdede or The Pirate Bay and now there are already a few malware that do the same. This one in particular has been discovered by Trend Micro. Apparently, this malware starts with a fake Google Chrome extension.

It will take care of entering your Facebook profile, and thus send a message to all your friends. In this message is the file that contains the malware. Opening it infects a new victim and so on. So it can be spread very fast.

Digmine is the name of this malware responsible for mining Monero. At least that's what security experts have named it. It looks like it's designed to bypass any controls in the Chrome Web Store. Therefore, in case someone sends you a message like this, you do not have to open the file. In addition to notifying this person that he has been infected.

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