If you see a computer being infected with a “MonaRonaDona virus,”you be might be interested to know that this “virus” has been makingits rounds the past week.

According to the security researchers over at Kaspersky, theMonaRonaDona virus is actually a custom software and is part of anelaborate scam to sell fake antivirus software. Ironically, its role inthe scheme of things is to panic the users into taking action toeradicate it.

Excerpt from ComputerWorld:

Unlike most viruses and Trojans which try to go abouttheir evil task as invisibly as possible, the MonaDonaRona Trojandisplays a broadly visibly message in front of the victim. It says,“Welcome to MonaRonaDona. I am a Virus & I am here to wreck yourPC. If you observe strange behavior with your PC, like program Windowsdisappearing, etc., it’s me who’s doing this.” The message claims it’sall part of a human rights protest.