Posted on 10/09/2008 7:29:25 AM PDT by Justice Department
SAN FRANCISCO — Savvy Internet users know that downloading unsolicited computer programs is one of the most dangerous things you can do online. It puts you at great risk for a virus or another time bomb from a hacker.
But even some sophisticated surfers could get taken in by a sneaky new attack in which criminals create fake YouTube pages — dead-on replicas of the real site — to push their malicious software and make it look like it's safe stuff coming from a trusted source.
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A program circulating online helps hackers build those fake pages. Users who follow an e-mail pointing them to one of the pages would see an error message that claims the video they want won't play without installing new software first.
That error message includes a link the hacker has provided to a malicious program, which delivers a virus.
Moral:
1) Don’t follow links from unsolicited emails
2) Don’t install software from links provided by unsolicited emails
3) Don’t surf using any applications running on the Windows operating system.
Thanks. Did a keyword search. Poster omitted keywords. Bears repeating though.
Now I am scared to click on the link to read the whole story.
Don’t worry about the already posted police. If the mods don’t want your story, they will pull it.
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