The virus shoots the video clip

The explosion of the video clip "homegrown" made hackers and cyber criminals unable to ignore.

Security vendors have recorded some "disguised" Windows codecs - or file compression software - while allowing users to watch video clips that have secretly installed spyware and adware on computers.

Some sites such as YouTube use very advanced technologies, allowing viewing video clips over the network is not difficult, but there are many other sites that require users to install additional software (called codecs). viewable

Source: AP Taking advantage of this gap, hackers have sought to insert codecs that include a range of spyware and adware. Some codecs also help users to watch real clips, but the majority only use codecs to disguise themselves.

As soon as they land on the computer, they will work diligently like a real malware. Probably bombarding users with pop-up ads, which may also be stealthily running a keyboard tracking program, trying to steal your sensitive information.

More mischievous, the codec software that Sunbelt Software discovered also "invented" security flaws that do not exist inside the computer and require users to pay to . fix.

The most dangerous is that when the virus removal tools, these codecs are very "innocent". But just need to install it, they will immediately connect to the website and download the update to the computer.

Mr. Robinson said the emergence of video extracting software is another example that demonstrates that cybercrime has grown and evolved dramatically compared to the old days, when the virus only had the path "to travel." "through the email.

" Now, they own a long list of attack techniques and just need to edit it a bit to suit the" hot "trends and fads ."

Agreeing with this observation, expert David Emm of Kaspersky Security said that hackers turning to sites like YouTube is only a matter of time. " Then the video clips will be full of malware and vulnerabilities, " Emm predicted.

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