Clicking On YouTube Ads May Lead To Computer Virus

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Mark Melin
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Clicking on a YouTube ad could lead to a malicious “Sweet Orange” virus, press reports say. When users click on a YouTube ad, the traffic flows through legitimate advertising aggregators and then through the apparent modification of domain name service (DNS) information reaches the malicious web stie, according to the TrendLabs Security Intelligence Blog, which first identified the issue. Google responded late in the afternoon, saying in a statement to ValueWalk: “Our teams have taken the appropriate actions to resolve this issue.  The security of our users is a top priority and we’re constantly improving our systems to protect against…

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.