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Online videos may be conduits for viruses

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

ATLANTA - Online videos aren’t just for bloopers and rants — some might also be conduits for malicious code that can infect your computer.

As anti-spam technology improves, hackers are finding new vehicles to deliver their malicious code. And some could be embedded in online video players, according to a report on Internet threats released Tuesday by the Georgia Tech Information Security Center as it holds its annual summit.

by Greg Bluestein

Read the full article at Tech News World

This entry was posted on Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007 at 8:57 am by Raquel Rios and is filed under News

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