Propaganda de novo Resident Evil é confundida com vírus

Uma campanha de marketing com o objetivo de promover o novo jogo da série Resident Evil provocou pânico entre usuários de aparelhos celulares. O problema é que mensagens enviadas via SMS pelo site de marketing do game diz que os celulares dos usuários estão infectados com o T-Virus, e isso causou várias chamadas a Sophos, conceituada empresa de segurança.

A marketing campaign to promote the latest version of the Resident Evil video game has provoked a panic about the spread of a non-existent mobile phone virus.

Users have received unsolicited SMS text messages on their mobile phones telling them they are infected by the so-called T-Virus, prompting calls to AV company Sophos about the supposed outbreak. The messages are sent from a website designed to promote the game Resident Evil: Outbreak, in which players defend themselves against zombies by blowing their heads off with a shotgun.

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