# New virus being spread via YouTube clone

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**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [October 9, 2008, 5:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-virus-being-spread-via-youtube-clone/56164 "2008-10-09T05:53:22Z")
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### Author: ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2008, 5:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-virus-being-spread-via-youtube-clone/56164/1 "2008-10-09T05:53:22Z")

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[http://www.hardocp.com/news.html?news=MzU0NDEsLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdCwsLDE=](http://www.hardocp.com/news.html?news=MzU0NDEsLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdCwsLDE=)

[http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D93MHQT80.htm](http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D93MHQT80.htm)

just a heads up… be careful what links you click on and use good judgment. If you know that you already have flash installed and it’s asking you to do it again/upgrade, be cautious

> 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.  
> 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.  
> 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.  
> “It’s spot-on accurate, and that is scary,” said Jamz Yaneza, threat research manager for security software company Trend Micro Inc. “If I were watching YouTube videos all day I would probably click on this one.”