Fake Alonso story triggers computer virus

If you receive an email with a link to a video claiming to show a fiery car crash involving Fernando Alonso, don’t open it: delete it immediately and go about your business.

Of course, Alonso was never involved in the crash, which supposedly took place in the Spanish city of Bilbao. The spam email is an electronic trojan horse: if you click on the video link hoping to see Nando go up in flames, instead a malware virus will be installed on your PC (smug twat alert: we use Macs at Grid Crasher, so it’s not a problem) - and that sounds like a very bad thing that even Bill Gates couldn’t fix.

If you want to know more geeky details about the virus, check out The Register’s report on the (non) story.