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Tichy on Dec 19, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Facebook users unwittingly solve CATPCHAs, aid spr...

"Attempts to play the video turns over control of the PC to the attacker"

How?

JBiserkov on Dec 19, 2009 [–]

Clicking on the link led to instructions to download a Flash Player update required to view the video. Clicking on the video player update downloaded a copy of the worm.

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