About Brexit Email Virus

Brexit Email Virus refers to a Brexit-themed email that spreads the Ursnif trojan. This malicious email campaign is targeting people in the UK, where Brexit is currently a hot topic. Cyber criminals using sensitive/current topics to spread malware is nothing new (DHL Express Email Virus, Bank of America Email Virus), as it increases the chances of users downloading the malware in the email. One of these malicious Brexit emails offers a barometer, while another claims to provide easy access to the most important updates of the situation. We have also seen one that offers you to set up a market alert that would notify you of any significant volatility in pound sterling. The emails may look completely legitimate, which is why we would not be surprised if people engaged with them. Brexit Email Virus

If users were to press on any of the links, they would be prompted to download a file. When users open the file, they trigger a trojan. The Ursnif trojan to be more specific. It’s a dangerous infection that steals information like saved login credentials, and web browsing data. It can also record keystrokes. This means that any password you put in would be recorded and then sent to cyber crooks. If you use the infected computer to login to your online bank account, you might give away your login credentials to crooks, which means they could gain access to your account. If you have anti-malware installed, it would detect the trojan as soon as it enters the computer, which would prevent it from doing any damage. However, if no security tool is installed, the infection could be inside the computer for a long time, completely unnoticed.

The best protection against these kinds of infections is not opening weird emails. There usually are certain signs that give it away, and we will discuss them in the following section. If you haven’t interacted with the malicious Brexit email, there’s nothing you need to do, except maybe delete Brexit Email Virus from your inbox. However, if you have pressed on something, you definitely need to scan your computer with anti-malware software.

How to differentiate malicious emails from legitimate ones

When crooks think up a malicious email campaign, they usually use topics that are relevant at that time. During the Christmas/Thanksgiving period, there usually is an increase in Christmas/Thanksgiving-themed malicious emails, Black Friday/Cyber Monday means the inbox is full of malicious emails offering deals/discounts, and so on. Since Brexit is a hot topic these days and will probably be for a while, cyber crooks have launched Brexit-themed malicious emails campaigns. They usually claim to give you easy access to Brexit updates, and other related information. The email may look legitimate at first glance, but if you took a moment to think about it, it wouldn’t make sense. First of all, why would anyone send you such an email, unless you specifically signed up for a such a service? Generally, you should regard all unsolicited emails offering services as spam and possibly malicious.

Malicious emails are also usually written in weird English (in cases where English-speaking people are targeted). It’s rather suspicious when emails that are supposed to be official have mistakes in them, so look at mistakes as a sign of the email being malicious.

When you are dealing with unsolicited emails from senders you do not know, always check the email address. If it’s a combination of random letters or numbers, you can immediately disregard the email as spam. However, even if the sender’s email address seems valid, check it with search engine. If the address is known to be part of spam campaign, it will immediately come up in search results.

Finally, when emails offer you to download something, always scan the file with a malware scanner (like VirusTotal) before opening it.

Malicious Brexit emails spread Ursnif malware

These particular Brexit-themed emails were noticed to spread the Ursnif trojan, but it’s not the only email campaign that distributes this malware. It’s a dangerous piece of malware that can steal your information, including various login credentials. Once you open the malicious file, it will launch the malware and the malicious activity will begin. It will work in the background without showing any obvious signs of being installed. It will monitor your browsing and record your login credentials. It would also have access to saved passwords. This would allow crooks to gain access to your social media accounts, email services, and even bank accounts. This makes it a highly dangerous infection.

Unfortunately, it would be very difficult to notice the trojan in time without anti-malware software. Some kind of security software is essential to users who do not have good browsing habits. We would recommend that it would be active 24/7. If you don’t have such a program and now realize you may have the Ursnif malware, download anti-malware immediately. Even when it has dealt with the infection, keep it active.

Brexit Email Virus removal

You don’t need to do anything if you didn’t click on anything in emails you now realize were malicious. Simply remove Brexit Email Virus from your inbox and be careful in the future. However, if you have clicked on something, you do need to get rid of the malware. Download anti-malware software, scan your computer and allow it to uninstall Brexit Email Virus from your computer.

Here’s how Ursnif is detected by anti-malware:

  • Win32:Malware-gen by Avast/AVG
  • Trojan-Spy.Win32.Ursnif.zjz by Kaspersky
  • TSPY_URSNIF.THGACAH by TrendMicro
  • Win32/Spy.Ursnif.BP by ESET
  • Virus:Win32/Ursnif.gen!C by Microsoft

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