Comments on: YouTube virus? Actns/Swif.T

By: nick

nick — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:22:17 +0000

i got the virus like a week ago and i think i found a way to get rid of it CA found it but had no info on it so after i went and found the file i deleted it from my hdd and then deleted it from my trash bin i then immedeatly went to my ccleaner register cleaner and cleaned it and it found another file with the virus name in another place so i deleted it and it has not been back in three days

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By: Ron

Ron — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:27:14 +0000

I am dumb whether it is a real virus or not, but I am not taking any chances. Took all links out.

I had dozens of YouTube links on my site and deleted them. Stinks, but easy enough to fix later.

Anyway, I never get past the virus warning, but this is where the youtube link tries to redirect:

http://www.youtube.com/swf/l.swf?swf=http%3A//s.ytimg.com/yt/swf/cps-vfl66122.swf&video_id=bUTBGz4zV9Y&rel=1&showsearch=1&eurl=&iurl=http%3A//i3.ytimg.com/vi/bUTBGz4zV9Y/hqdefault.jpg&sk=cmeruds0w8OsMsAXU41JNDfHiI_qvLrHC&use_get_video_info=1&load_modules=1&fs=1&hl=en

Anybody know if that is good information or not? If so, could youtube use it to fix the problems?

Thanks, qtrtilldawn@hotmail.com

By: Jake

Jake — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:46:47 +0000

Hi Wayne – welcome to Supergeekblog!

Best advice right now is to not install that antivirus that it redirects to. That is where the actual malware is located.

Beyond that, just make sure to regularly update your antivirus. I am sure there will be updates quickly if this is serious.

By: Wayne

Wayne — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:17:46 +0000

Thank you in advance;if someone can help me stap and block the virus for good.
ACTNS/SWIF.T VIRUS……….?
http://www.dirtywayne80@yahoo.com

By: Wayne

Wayne — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:13:37 +0000

How do we stop the ACTNS/SWIF.T VIRUS thing?
Because I am a sad person that can’t live with out YouTube.
Please HELP ME…..please

WaYnE

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By: Jake

Jake — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:59:23 +0000

@Teresa – that is a really good question. I don’t have a solid answer yet. It is starting to sound like it is a “end user” problem.

Some executable flash code is giving this redirect, and then end users are installing this bogus antivirus.

I still haven’t found a solid answer on where this “youtube embedded code” is coming from though…

By: Teresa

Teresa — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:55:37 +0000

Is it a virus or a code problem? I just clicked on my youtube embed and nothing happened. Someone else told me they clicked on it prior and some virus alert came up.

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