Users Upload Mass Mailing Virus/Worm to Google Video Blog

Can someone out there explain how this works? How is the virus transmitted so I know to avoid doing that.

I wonder how limited this really was. I think anyone that's been to Google Video should at least be concerned. This isn't going to help their image at all. Great heads-up Allan.

Run a virus check at least to be safe. This is likely not a reason for mass paranoia (yet), but it is a serious worm. You can read details about it here.

@Christopher Hogg:
Run a virus check at least to be safe. This is likely not a reason for mass paranoia (yet), but it is a serious worm. You can read details about it here.

What are you saying Chris? Do I sound paranoid to you? Did you make that astounding connection because I'm a woman or something?

@BlueButterfly:

@Christopher Hogg:
Run a virus check at least to be safe. This is likely not a reason for mass paranoia (yet), but it is a serious worm. You can read details about it here.

What are you saying Chris? Do I sound paranoid to you? Did you make that astounding connection because I'm a woman or something?

I'm just saying it's not as serious as some worldwide worm attacks have been (yet).

:)

Now, now children. Play nice! :-)

I am playing nice.

@wolfman2001:
Now, now children. Play nice! :-)

Hard to read sarcasm through a post. It's all good.

Thanks for the warning dude, I visit Google Video almost daily.

thanks allan for making us beware

yeah.. i've been curious on when this kind of stuff would start happening... someone has to spoil the fun.

thanks for the warning.

Google Video the site has NOT been effected at all and never had this "virus". If you read it you'll see it says that three posts on that blog group were infected, using deductive reasoning Id assume the worm infected a Google computer and sent to the mailing list.

@Trekkie101:
Google Video the site has NOT been effected at all and never had this "virus". If you read it you'll see it says that three posts on that blog group were infected, using deductive reasoning Id assume the worm infected a Google computer and sent to the mailing list.

Thanks for the typo note Trekkie -- I updated the headline.

its not as bad as anyone thinks... You probably have to explicitly download it or open this file in order to become infected. Nothing to see here. on a side note , why are so many comments hidden

@ceaseoleo:
its not as bad as anyone thinks... You probably have to explicitly download it or open this file in order to become infected. Nothing to see here. on a side note , why are so many comments hidden

Comments are hidden if enough people vote them as Irrelevant. Have your say and vote positive if you wish.

I actually got a virus from google video the other day on an old machine... it has got command.exe harvesting within it.

I never thought this could happen to Google.

Go to this site G4 Tech Support and download Spybot Search & Destroy Ad-Aware SE & Ewido Security Suite...

Make sure you download the "FREE" personal versions, then install them and make sure you look for updates... Run them and let them kill any Malware you happen to have on your computer...

If your still having problems signup at the site and post the problems in the "Tech Support Forum"... I've been there for more than 2-years and there are alot of helpful people working there...

Also make sure you update your Anti Virus Software daily or ever few days...

Agree with KeithLDick above. Spybot Search & Detroy and Ad-Aware are the two I use to find spyware. For a good free virus scanner, I use "Clamwin".

In answer to the earlier questions, it sounds like this has nothing to do with videos as such. Just an other email-borne virus. As to how you may contract it, if you downloaded the infected message from the email list, various email clients (like Outlook) have a bad habit of executing attachments. Sometimes without you even clicking on them.

As others have said, the best way to be sure is to do a full virus sweep with an up-to-date checker. For prevention, I'd recommend using an email client that doesn't execute attachments without your explicit say-so.

AVG & AVAST are also very good and FREE Anti Virus programs...

@SOURCE:
I actually got a virus from google video the other day on an old machine... it has got command.exe harvesting within it.

Are you sure about that? Your browser wouldn't download a program like that unless you saved the file. Google uses flash and AVI to stream video.

Here's a bit more on the story...




Google accidentally sends out Kama Sutra worm