Warning Issued About Malware Scam Targeting Taxpayers With Deceptive IRS Forms

A 1040 tax form, in New York. Mark Lennihan/AP Photo

A top antivirus software purveyor issued a warning about a scam targeting taxpayers with false Internal Revenue Service (IRS) forms that lure people into downloading malware.

MalwareBytes, in a release, said it “found an email being sent out with the title of ‘IRS Tax Forms W-9’ which appears to have been sent from ‘IRS Online Center,’” But the email, which contains an attachment and very little text, has a “very suspicious” file.