Spoofed YouTube Pages Hide Viruses

The spoofed YouTube pages look legitimate. The hackers have done an excellent job. (I have seen the spoof and it is scary how good it is.) However, these pages are highly dangerous:

“…A program circulating online helps hackers build those fake pages. Users who follow an email 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.

Even worse: once the computer is infected, it’s simple for the hacker to silently redirect the victims to a real YouTube page to see videos they were hoping to see and hide the crime.”

link: Fake YouTube pages used to spread viruses

Update your virus protection. Run your virus protection. Do your backups and slow down - be careful what you are clicking, especially on YouTube related links.

Catherine Forsythe