Comments on: Danger Will Robinson - don't watch that video

If your computer needs to install software to watch a video, don't do it. Better safe than sorry.

[spilledenvironment]

Hee hee. I went to that link. Just don't click the image that looks like a YouTube video. Hehh... they get trickier every day.!!

[ruminator]

Oh, didn't you know? This blogger doesn't believe any software is mature until at least 18 months...so to be extra safe with Internet software...I figure he'll be using IE 7 sometime in 2011. Check back then for the latest bugs on old software that no one's using.

[SCSNSE]

I have encountered this very same virus, and what I do since I'm lazy is click "OK" to download it and simply stop the download immediately afterwords before it finishes. Works for me.

[Wild Eep]

I have a mac, and it's pretty funny on it.
I opened the blog, clicked the youtube window on it (which by the way looks like a 50% quality jpeg) and was lead to a youtube source copy. On that page, there was a windows XP style window (on my mac) that was embedded in the webpage. It immediately started downloading the "video codec" (a .exe) and then I canceled it.
I love it when I see those xp/2000 style popup windows, while I smile at my beautiful Aqua. Stupid malware-ers

[BetterthanurX]

Haha, i love how i just did all these on my mac and i saw an XP style window and the file could not wait to be downloaded to my HDD. Its a .exe file though so no dice. I love OSX/Unix

[stephonboggs1]

How do I get rid of the program?

[cps1321]

Tried to download the file today and my installation of NOD32 3.0.621.0 with virus signature database 2825 (Jan 27, 2008) detected the file as potential malware and terminated the connection. Since I just came across this article today, I'm curious what engine and virus definition of NOD32 didn't detect it.

[mhinnewyork]

to: cps1321
I wrote this posting on the 23rd and was using NOD32 v3 with definitions dated the 23rd.
Michael Horowitz

[JPSerino]

I have had great results every time I caught a malware trojan, virus or whatever, by running Stop Sign. Between that and McAfee from AOL, I can remove anything that comes up. Also, running a registry cleaner helps delete the residual commands that seem to remain from some deleted programs.