Fraudulent Pokémon GO Social Media Profiles Pushing Malware to Users

Bad actors have created fraudulent profiles based on the popular mobile game Pokémon GO to target unsuspecting users with adware, spyware, and other malicious software.
Researchers at security firm Proofpoint found 543 social media profiles related to the game. After some careful analysis, they determined that 167 (or about 30 percent) of those accounts were fraudulent.
 
The profiles use a variety of tools to lure in potential victims, such as by offering purported game guides for download. Of course, most if not all of those downloadable files aren't what they claim to be.
For instance, a file available on the following social media profile loads up the Downware trojan:
 
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