YouTube Related Virus

It hasn't stopped yet; the Storm virus still rages on the Internet, and now it has changed a bit, in order to trick users even better. Of course it still uses standard-issue hacker technique - involving high-profile names to create an illusion of credibility.

According to eWeek, this has actually nothing to do with a real YouTube video. The site is not infected, so do not worry, what they are doing is to use a link that allegedly leads you to the famous website, but instead it is going to lead you to a malicious page that is bound to infect you, unless you have top-notch security measures on your PC.

The people that are doing this are pretty clever in my opinion, since they have inserted subjects like "Jeez, what were you thinking?" and then posted the link that is going to take you to the video. Of course, we all had our embarrassing moments in life, so when you see that link, you start thinking: "Oh, my God, they must have filmed me when I was doing something bad!" and you just might be tricked to click on that link. But don't! It's Storm infected and it will just make you part of a botnet, turning your PC into a zombie that goes: "Spaaaam! Must Spaaam!!"

This virus is spreading fast as more people are tricked into clicking on links, and getting infected. I've said it many times, and security experts far more educated than me say it as well: Be careful what you click on! For one thing, many browsers will show you what a certain link will take you to, as you put your mouse cursors over them. So if the underlined blue text says "YouTube Video" while your browser displays a link to some other site than YouTube, then guess what? Yep, it's a malware page! Don't click on it!