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Kaspersky Lab has detected the mass mailing of unsolicited messages that include links to video advertisements.
Kaspersky Lab’s Content Filtering Research group recorded a mass mailing that contained a link directing users to a video advert on YouTube. There were several message variations in the mass mailing, but they all included the same link to the video hosting site. YouTube is a potentially attractive resource for distributing spam due to its popularity worldwide. In 2007, Kaspersky Lab forecast the possible use of YouTube as a medium for disseminating spam. However, this is the first time the company’s specialists have detected a mass mailing specifically intended to make users view an advertising video.
“Naturally, this type of advertising is more interesting and gets more hits,” says Darya Gudkova, Head of Content Analysis & Research at Kaspersky Lab. “Two years ago spammers used the YouTube name and the promise of interesting videos to lure users to advertising sites. Now the links really do lead to this popular video hosting site which is being used to store unsolicited advertising content.”
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Yeah, we are seeing that nowadays in forums. At CoU, we delete them fast. The signatures of spammers is link to Youtube video clips.
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