14 DAY TRIAL // A message that seems to be coming from AOL's support team actually hides a rogue pharmacy website.
The email informs the recipients that they received a message and then points to an alleged inbox link that should reveal the notice.
Instead of an inbox, the link actually leads to an illegal drug store that either spreads malware, sells fake products or tries to phish out the details of innocent internauts.
For the scam to evade web filters, the victim is not directly taken to the rogue website, instead there is a redirect code that makes sure the user is taken to the final page.
“This is a classic technique to escape web filters: jump first to an “innocent” IP address and then redirect to the final page,” reveals Avira Data Security Expert Sorin Mustaca.