Social Network Spam Spreading Malware via Spoofed YouTube Links
There has been an uptick in public reports of malware that is spreading through spam messages that appear to come from Social Networking web sites such as MySpace.com, Facebook.com and Classmates.com.
The emails reportedly describe a YouTube video and a link is provided. The link actually leads to a malicious spoof web site which, to an average user, appears to be an authentic YouTube web page. The visitors to this spoof page are prompted to download and install an update for plugins such as Adobe Flash but the update actually contains malicious code.
If you receive one of these emails, delete it and do not click on any links in the message. If you have reason to believe the email is legitimate and you wish to view the video go to YouTube directly by typing, “http://www.youtube.com/” in your web browser’s address bar and then search for the video on YouTube’s site instead of taking a chance and clicking on what could be a malicious link.
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