YouTube attacked a new virus - Dr.Web

A malicious program can infect computers running Microsoft Windows operating systems and is designed to steal confidential information.

In the video service YouTube discovered a new virus that collects confidential information. This is reported by the developer of anti-virus programs Dr.Web on its website.

It is reported that a malicious program is capable of infecting computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system and is designed to steal logins, passwords and other confidential information.

"Several modifications have been identified, also identified under the name Trojan.PWS.Stealer.23198. Written in Python," the report said.

There are cases of the Trojan spreading through the Yandex.Disk service, the links to the files have been published as comments to the videos on YouTube. The malicious program is distributed as a self-extracting RAR SFX archive.

The collected information is stored in a separate folder, then its contents are packed into an archive, which along with the location of the infected device is sent to the server of the attackers. The Trojan collects on the infected device: cookies of various browsers; saved logins / passwords from the same browsers; screenshot and files from the Windows desktop.

Earlier it was reported that YouTube decided to fight conspiracy and fake.