The virtual security firm Sophos issued a warning about a virus transmitted by an email with supposed music files with novel and photos of Michael Jackson. The warning was passed on this Thursday (2).

The email arrives in your inbox with the subject “Remembering Michael Jackson “ and is sent by the sender “sarah@michaeljackson.com “, Sophos reported in a statement released by its office in Singapore.

The email contains the attached file entitled “Michael and pictures.zip” saying that has songs, music and contains secret photographs of the king of pop, who died last Thursday suffering a cardiac arrest.

The Sophos warns users not to open the attached file.

By opening the attachment, the user of the computer download the infection. Once infected, the computer automatically begins to return by the virus to other Internet users, explains the company.

In addition to spreading via e-mail, experts at Sophos discovered that the virus is also capable of infecting via USB pen drives adds the release.

“Anyone who receives this email should delete it immediately to save the embarrassment of infecting your online contacts,” says Graham Cluley, a technology consultant with Sophos.

Via: Telegraph.