(click Picture ^^^)Criminals are getting better when it comes to finding way to put viruses on our computers. Who would have thought that they would be able to create an exact replica of a popular web page for the soul purpose of screwing up your computer.
When it comes to the Internet we all know the normal ways that hackers try to spread there viruses. Usually when we are surfing the web we encounter many pop-ups that try to lure us into the trap of downloading something that could possibly be the death of our computer. Everyone eventually caught on and now the biggest rule when surfing the Internet is not to download anything. Now hackers are even sneakier, making fake YouTube pages in order to spread their viruses.Online programs circulating throughout the Internet help these hackers create their replica pages.
People would receive an e-mail pointing them to one of the pages, once they clicked the link they would see an error message that claims the video they want won’t play without installing new software first. That error message includes a link the hacker has provided to a program, which delivers a virus. To top it off, once the computer is infected, the hacker redirects the victim to a real YouTube page to see videos they were hoping to see, just to hide the crime.
This new tactic sounds like it would be very effective in tricking people to download harmful software onto there computers because YouTube is a very popular site. Seeing how popular the site is makes me believe that it is a trusted site, most people would believe to download something if YouTube said that you had to in order to view a video.
Hackers have been successful with these fake YouTube pages, fooling people into downloading harmful software. Internet users should look out for warning signs of these fake YouTube like; web browser won’t show the real YouTube’s Internet address. Also to even get to the page you have to follow a link which should tip you off to whether the site is legitimate.
-R.Hudson
3 comments:
I just don't understand the point of making strangers computers crash. Why go through all the trouble of creating the fake YouTube, the downloadable virus, and then redirect the victim back to YouTube. It's scary that they think of these ways too, because you really wouldn't know otherwise not to click that first link.
I think the whole fake YouTube idea is really terrible. I hate that there are people who get a thrill or something out of other people's misery.
Arrgg pirates. The only unconquered uncontrollable place used to be the sea and now it is the internet. Their motives are unknown, since they don't seem to be profiting or anything. Maybe they're anarchists or pent up clever 14 year olds?
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