Kaspersky Lab detects use of YouTube for video spam

by Bilal on October 26, 2009

Kasperksy detect a group of spammers, who are involved in advertising youtube videos through Emails. Kaspersky in there news section, emphasis on all users to Turn ON there Spam filters, in order to keep safe your computer from all the new techniques used by a spammer.
In this new technique which is adopted by a group of spammers, is that they send a link with a attractive title to all the available users and motivate them to click on the link to advertise on youtube. However that is not associated with youtube. That is there own advertising techniques.
According to the Kaspersky Lab

Kaspersky Lab’s Content Filtering Research group recorded a mass mailing that contained a link directing users to a video advert on YouTube. There were several message variations in the mass mailing, but they all included the same link to the video hosting site.

Spammers comes with a new technique to achieve there aim. But kaspersky Lab is more smarter then all those spammers. that is way kaspersky Lab is constantly updating Kaspersky Internet Security to eliminate such type of spamming. As i told you that kaspersky Lab also emphasis that always Turn ON Spam Filter in Kaspersky Internet Security. In this way all the new techniques use by a spammer will not working on you, because kaspersky internet security will block such action and you will surf internet with high security.
According to Kaspersky Lab

Kaspersky Lab would like to reiterate how important it is for users to keep spam filters turned on in order to block unwanted or potentially hazardous correspondence.

It is very important for all the users that they should strictly follow the advice of Kaspersky Lab to Turn On Spam Filters in Kaspersky Internet Security. Because this is in the fever of users to keep away them from such spammers. If you are using Kaspersky Internet Security, then make sure that you have activated your KIS with Kaspersky key , If you are still not using Kaspersky Internet Security, then Download Kaspersky Internet Security from here and keep safe your computer from such type of malicious activities.
And make sure to always update your kaspersky internet security on daily basis, and back up all the updates files in your computer. So in case your window crashes, or you need to reinstall Kaspersky, then you can easily update kaspersky definition files using the backup updates.

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