The next time you download a video clip from YouTube or any other video-hosting website, you could possibly be downloading a malicious code along with the clip that could infect your computer, take unauthorised control, and steal financial or other information from it.As the popularity of flash media file formats continues to increase, hackers can now corrupt PCs once the user has downloaded a media file onto the machine, or through video files when played on a media player.
Internet users in India is attracting cyber criminals, as these are first-timers, who can be duped easily
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