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ninja007 at WARNING Rootkit virus embedded in video via comment spamOriginally posted by campylobacter at WARNING Rootkit virus embedded in video via comment spam
campylobacter at WARNING Rootkit virus embedded in video via comment spamLately, I've had to delete about half a dozen spam comments from various entries on my LJ & at other communities. They've all shared a commonality: a single embed & link to a YouTube video in Portuguese titled "Camarate: A confissao de Farinha Simoes" or in English titled "Dying call from prison. Details about Portugal Premier Minister air-crash!"
DO NOT PLAY THE VIDEO. (That's just a screengrab of it, not the actual functioning embedded video.)
The video contains a Windows rootkit virus that keylogs your passwords & posts spam using your LJ account, not to mention some other stuff that may be more sinister, all unbeknownst to you.
[SOURCE: [Warning] Serious rootkit virus spreading in LJ comments byluma_chan ]
ETA: 25 July 2012: In this comment bybrooke, we've been discussing the LACK of recent anti-virus articles about trojans that exploit the YouTube Flash video codec. Neither of us can find anything about computer malware being spread via playing a video.
Known accounts [now up to 56] that generate these spammy malware comments:
( Rest of list & Illustrated How To Report & Ban Bots behind the cut... )
Alternate link to report a bot:
http://www.livejournal.com/abuse/bots.bml
Alternate link to ban a user:
http://www.livejournal.com/manage/banusers.bml
Warn your LJ Friends:
DO NOT PLAY THE VIDEO. (That's just a screengrab of it, not the actual functioning embedded video.)
The video contains a Windows rootkit virus that keylogs your passwords & posts spam using your LJ account, not to mention some other stuff that may be more sinister, all unbeknownst to you.
[SOURCE: [Warning] Serious rootkit virus spreading in LJ comments by
luma_chan ]ETA: 25 July 2012: In this comment by
brooke, we've been discussing the LACK of recent anti-virus articles about trojans that exploit the YouTube Flash video codec. Neither of us can find anything about computer malware being spread via playing a video.Known accounts [now up to 56] that generate these spammy malware comments:
- 1310ardfey 108 comments posted
- ageh822 77 comments posted
- aldovid 98 comments posted
- ambrosinev127 comments posted
- analiseacalo 93 comments posted
- andfeaaa71 90 comments posted
- blanchidovi135 comments posted
- bolvul 86 comments posted
- brinsonpuvyb 130 comments posted
- buehlerkos 134 comments posted... [more behind cut]
( Rest of list & Illustrated How To Report & Ban Bots behind the cut... )
Alternate link to report a bot:
http://www.livejournal.com/abuse/bots.bml
Alternate link to ban a user:
http://www.livejournal.com/manage/banusers.bml
Warn your LJ Friends:
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