“You Have Been Sent a Video” Email is a scam email that says a friend recommended a video. This “You Have Been Sent a Video” Email links to a website to watch the video, but when you get to the site (http://img-host.us), you’ll discover you need to download a video codec to watch it. Img-host.us pops up this message:

“The page at http://img-host.us says: [ERROR] Your Flv_trcg1_0995 Codec is running version Flv_rc1f3_0981 please update to view this media”

You need to “update” like you need a new hole ripped into your PC.

Which is fitting, because that’s what this “update” does: it’s probably a Trojan that’ll allow hackers to access your PC and download badware onto your system.

If you downloaded this “You Have Been Sent a Video” Email Trojan, delete it immediately. You should also run an antivirus/anti-spyware scan, so you can catch this bastard and clean up its mess.

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