Popular social networking sites like MySpace, Facebook and the YouTube video site are riddled with links to malware, fake antivirus apps and the like. Some bad links are hidden in comments and bogus “friend” pages; others masquerade as invites to view videos.
To minimize the risk, we recommend the free OpenDNS service, which filters your Internet traffic at the domain name server level. Even if you click a link to a malicious site, OpenDNS prevents you from actually reaching it.
Better yet, you have full control over the filtering. For example, you can select fairly restrictive filtering, but “whitelist” your favorite social networking sites. No software is required; just a simple change in your computer or your router’s network settings.
Cyber Criminals are targeting people who are searching YouTube for pornography. In the comments each malicious link is accompanied by a few search terms. Some common keywords we have seen are Adalt (sic), Tit s, Latina, Kinky, Girl, Porn, Sex, and the names of various pornography stars.
By targeting these keywords the Cyber Criminals are able to optimize and improve their success rates by infecting those who are truly looking for pornographic material.
YouTube riddled with comments leading to Malware – PandaLabs
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