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A video posted by Sophos earlier this week (below) warns of a fake CNN.com clone that prompts users to download a malicious file to view the video: links to the fake site are being propagated through forums like Yahoo Answers.
Sites like Twitter "Chockablock" with Fake Links
On Thursday, Sophos security expert Graham Cluley renewed his warnings, and implored web users to stop sharing these links with friends. He writes:
Hackers have created webpages claiming to contain the controversial footage that Erin Andrews' legal team are trying to have wiped off the net. The cybercriminals are not doing this because they want to share the unauthorised footage, however. Their interest is to infect your computer with Mac or Windows malware...many news blogs and sites like Twitter are chockablock with messages that claim to point to the forbiddden video footage.
...One of the peculiar aspects of the Erin Andrews Peephole Video attack is...that it can show you footage of what appears to be Erin Andrews in her hotel room....it may mean that users click on these links, get infected on their Mac or Windows PC and then forward the link so their online buddies can also "benefit" from the sleazy footage not realising that they are helping the hackers catch more victims.