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Malware masquerades as YouTube video

by Marianna Schmudlach Oct 2, 2008 9:09AM PDT

Trojan attack promises adult clip

Written by Shaun Nichols in San Francisco

vnunet.com, 02 Oct 2008

Security experts are warning users of a new malware attack posing as a pornographic YouTube video.

Researchers at McAfee said that the newly-discovered attack attempts to lure the user to a malicious site by way of a YouTube page promising an adult movie.

More: http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2227350/malware-hides-behind-promise

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