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Old 10-10-2008, 03:50 AM   #1
Soul Sequence
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Default Hackers using fake YouTube pages to attack computers

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Computer security specialists warn that hackers are using fake YouTube pages to trick people into opening their machines to diabolical software.

A deceptive YouTube attack evolving as it spreads on the Internet is part of a growing trend of hackers to prowl popular online social networking communities in which people trustingly share web links and mini-programs

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Hacker...s_to_1009.html
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Old 10-10-2008, 04:59 AM   #2
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SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Computer security specialists warn that hackers are using fake YouTube pages to trick people into opening their machines to diabolical software.

A deceptive YouTube attack evolving as it spreads on the Internet is part of a growing trend of hackers to prowl popular online social networking communities in which people trustingly share web links and mini-programs

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Hacker...s_to_1009.html
It happened to me last week on this site but I should know better!
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Old 10-10-2008, 12:23 PM   #3
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Yeah, happened to me to but my virus software eliminated it

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