Fake YouTube pages used to spread viruses
October 8, 2008 By JORDAN ROBERTSON , AP Technology Writer(AP) -- Savvy Internet users know that downloading unsolicited computer programs is one of the most dangerous things you can do online. It puts you at great risk for a virus or another time bomb from a hacker.
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Perhaps ISP's should require an Internet 3 day schooling prior to letting them online? Couldn't hurt.
This sort of info isn't really news, site spoofing has been around for years. The fact someone can use a program to create a site based off of a simple html template really isn't interesting.
You get what you pay for, in the case of free items it's doubly true.