p2pnet news | games:- Take-Two Interactive’s Grand Theft Autio has already been accused of corrupting kids. Now its Auto mod video is being described as a way to trick viewers into infecting themselves, says CNET News, going on:

“Although YouTube videos remain safe to view, that hasn’t stopped criminals from finding new ways to entice YouTube viewers to get infected with the latest Trojan horse.

“The latest example is a Grand Theft Auto video for a mod called Hood Life. According to Chris Boyd, Director of Malware Research at FaceTime Security Labs, the graphics in the mod are lame.

“He says the images used in the video are circa 1986, crudely rendered, not up to the high standards of the GTA game itself, yet at least 54 people have nonetheless downloaded the game.”

At the end, the video shows a site where you can download the game mod itself, says CNET, quoting Boyd as saying, “switching off the PC pretty much spells doom, gloom, and other things ending in ‘oom,’ because once the desktop reappears, you’ll discover that the only drive-by performed today was on your computer.”

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Also See:
CNET News – Grand Theft Auto mod virus uses YouTube to spread, July 2, 2007

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