Now, don’t give a look as if we never warned you about it? or never informed you about the vulnerability of executing embed userscripts. Last week, we gave a full proof solution to such threats. So, a security roundup for the same since we realized this is becoming a bigger issue day by day – Symantec draws concern plus 280 Google Search Results on the same issue.

W32.Scrapkut – What Actually Happens?

• A malicious scrap is posted to the victim’s scrapbook
• It contains a link to what appears to be a YouTube video
• When a victim clicks on the link, they are redirected to an external site which prompts them to download a file.
• These downloaded file downloads additional files that perform a variety of malicious actions
• So you end up with a yummy virus.
• Bigger Concern : The Victim ‘unknowingly’ uses Scrap All to Scrap the virus to rest in his friend list.

How can we Avoid this Virus Attack?

Since we never had to deal with the virus, here are a list of Google search results that may help you remove the virus. Please use them at your own risk – Removing W32.Scrapkut Virus

Play safe on orkut. Harder as it gets for orkut, was the HTML Update worth the pain?

» Useful Links

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• Symantec Take on the Latest Orkut Virus
• Make orkut Safer Than Ever – Surf with Javascript Disabled
• Virus, Keylogger in your scraps?
• Orkut Vulnerability of executing embed userscripts

Gaurav Dua – Orkut Guru – 539 Points
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