WARNING Rootkit virus embedded in video via comment spam

[t0ra_chan]

Originally posted by meganinhiding at WARNING Rootkit virus embedded in video via comment spam
Originally posted by sargraf at WARNING Rootkit virus embedded in video via comment spam
Originally posted by campylobacter at WARNING Rootkit virus embedded in video via comment spam
Lately, I've had to delete about half a dozen spam comments from various entries on my LJ & at other

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[xerox78]

What do you do if you've already played the video? A couple of spam comments were posted on one of my communities and when I went to delete them, I accidentally clicked on one of the videos, which opened in a separate window. I closed it right away, so I don't know what results from that, but better to be safe than sorry.

[t0ra_chan]

If you check out the link at the end that says source, it might be that there is no virus in the video or at least not a severe one. As for getting rid of it, no idea, sorry.