WhatsApp virus alert
14.04.2015 18:00
The message claims the video is a "dangerous” mobile virus "that formats your mobile phone” deleting all of your content.
However, a number of top security blogs have dismissed the WhatsApp video saying it's simply a hoax.
The WhatsApp warning is now being branded a chain letter – a hoax which encourages readers to share the message with their contacts.
Although many users have received the warning, there have been no reports of anyone being targeted by "The Dance of the Pope” video.
This latest video threat is similar to another hoax which spread across WhatsApp last summer.
Warnings over an imminent terrorist attack on the London Underground were circulated on the popular messaging service.
The hoax message began with an explanation about the origin of the tip-off – usually a friend who worked for the Met Police or Transport for London.
"They think there's a terror threat and that it will happen on the tubes tomorrow around the west end area,” the message would warn.
It would then claim that "every single police officer in the Met has been called into work from 4am onwards".
A Metropolitan police spokesman later confirmed the messages were a "definite hoax"
"These rumours are not uncommon," he added.
"The only thing that gives them any credence is people re-tweeting them and circulating them."
Daily Star online has asked WhatsApp for a comment on the hoax message.
(dailystar.co.uk)
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