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GTA V PC Scam, Fake Beta Download Causes Viruses for Gamers

Impatience really does no good. A report from Christian Today indicated that a "new" free PC version of Rockstar's GTA V (Grand Theft Auto 5) game was made available for download. Turns out, it's nothing but a massive file loaded with viruses.

They said the free PC beta GTA V download beta was made available recently. It prompted anticipating fans to quickly download what they thought of was a preview of the game onto their computers.

The download, as found out, was nothing but a 19 gigabytes worth of viruses and malware.

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Rockstar Games did announce that GTA V will arrive on next-gen gaming consoles, namely Playstation 4 and Xbox One, this coming Nov. 18. The PC Edition will be released after on January 27, 2015.

Judging from what happened, it looks like GTA players are somewhat too impatient for a legitimate release that they took their chances to download the said file.

On top of that, a report from Xbox360News pointed out that the GTA V scam beta download was also made available on Steam. They even showed pictures of gamers playing the PC version.

An additional report from Inquistr further indicated that the scam sites would force the users to share the links to their Facebook wall as requisite in the downloading process. This perhaps caused the rapid outbreak of the link.

The media outlet then pointed out that Take-Two, GTA V's publisher, has been recently shutting down the broadcast sites including GetGTAVBeta.com and BetaGTAV.com. Two more sites are still on the process of being taken down: GTA5BetaCode.com and GrandTheftAuto5Beta.com.

The game studio was called upon their attention about the download scam. They aptly posted an official statement that reads "Please Note: There is no Pre-Release 'BETA' Test for Grand Theft Auto V."

"If you see Ads or solicitations to join a beta program, beware as this is likely some type of online phishing scam. For all the official details on Grand Theft Auto V, stay tuned to the Rockstar Newswire," it went on to say.

For those who wished to receive official updates about the game, they can check Rockstar Newswire.

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