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1st November 2006	#1
Arie Administrator Microsoft MVP Profile: Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Birkirkara, Malta Posts: 10,448 Computer Experience: * My System**	Virus writers target web videos The growing popularity of online video has caught the attention of malicious hackers and hi-tech criminals. Security firms are reporting more and more instances of booby-trapped Windows codecs - file compressors - required to play some video formats. Some of the codecs let users play types of net-based video, but also have spyware and adware wrapped inside. Others, say experts, are outright fakes that just want to infect victims with data-stealing programs. Read BBC Article

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