Steer yourself out of trouble..

Warnings have been circulated today regarding a banking Trojan virus purporting to be a news story about former Formula One World Champion Fernando Alonso.

The Trojan virus, disguised as a fabricated news article giving details of a supposed motorway accident involving Spaniard Alonso just outside Bilbao, carries the El Pais newspaper livery. Opening the link attached to this news story unleashes a banking Trojan which, when installed on your computer, will be ready to steal financial details when you log-in to your bank account or make online purchases.

The link promises you an ‘amateur recording’ of the non-existent crash and ensuing blaze, in which Alonso is reported to have perished. Opening this link will only result in the Trojan being speedily downloaded however.

Should you receive an email carrying this information, or see this news item advertised online, please don’t click on the link. It’s a phishing scam.

Unfortunately for Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso is very much alive, well, and preparing for the Hungarian Grand Prix next weekend.