Fake 'Grand Theft Auto V' Torrent Spreads Malware

Excitement continues .. Rockstar Games schedule the release of latest The Grand Theft Auto series, GTA 5 on September 17, but Cyber Criminals has already released a fake version of GTA 5 contains malware on torrent networks.

Romanian security firm BitDefender issued warning that GTA V hasn’t been leaked, and during installation you will be asked to complete a survey and send off a text message to gain the serial number. You will then be charged €1 per day on your phone bill and will be infected by a virus.

The PC version has yet to be announced, so trying to install it on your PC is a ridiculous idea; but that seems to be what a lot of people are doing.

"The survey opens in a web browser and, therefore, is able to perform a geographic redirect to the web page that corresponds to the area you are located in," said, Bitdefender Senior E-Threat Analyst Bogdan Botezatu.

This malware is a generic Trojan Trojan.GenericKDV.1134859, which can steal user information, tamper with system files or draft a computer into a botnet. This will result in you being charged for premium rate text messages sent by bogus firms.

The easiest way to avoid this malicious software is to not illegally download copies of GTA V, especially when the game isn't yet launched.

Raid Knocks Torrent Sites Offline, Anonymous Vows Revenge

Swedish authorities on Monday raided the host company of many popular torrent and sports-streaming sites, knocking them offline. In response, an Anonymous member vowed revenge against the Swedish government.

PRQ.se, which was founded by two co-founders of The Pirate Bay (but which only hosts a relay for The Pirate Bay), was the target of the raid, according to TorrentFreak.


An Anonymous member, meanwhile, posted a YouTube clip Monday claiming that the Swedish government had “done a raid on the pirate bay and other torrents sites” [sic].

“The raid on PRQ disabled many of our torrent sites,” said the message. “We see this as a crime against freedom to information and there for we have disabled some of swedish governments or affiliate sites in protest against this raid” [sic].

Interestingly, the Anonymous member later acknowledges the raid was not targeted at The Pirate Bay.

“Swed’s raided PRQ which effects torrent sites but was not a direct attack on tpb and as far as I can tell would not really effect tpb at all,” [sic] says the post.

The Anonymous message continues to list more than a dozen sites affiliated with the Swedish government as potential targets for Distributed Denial of Service or other attacks. As of Tuesday afternoon, every listed site is loading normally.

PRQ and several sites hosted by the company, however, remain inaccessible.

Anonymous has a history of attempted or successful attacks against governments following law enforcement raids on torrent-hosting sites, including targeting the U.S. Department of Justice following an American-backed raid against Megaupload early this year.