Cybercriminals have from time to time used various tricks to deceive their victims. This time, they launched a video campaign that supposedly shows one shark to eat a naked woman.
The fact that the video seems to be hosted on YouTube is a clear sign that it is a scam, but even so, many Facebook users are likely to fall into the trap. Usually, these messages lead to online surveys (questionnaires), but in this case, malicious programs are installed on computer of the victim.
The scam lures the victim with a banner that looks like a shark attack, which is censored, in an attempt to hide the alleged atrocity of the incident. The point at issue has been covered using an editor image. To view the video, the victim is asked to follow a link. After going to the scammer's website, he is asked to download one plug-in which is required to play the video. The Plugin contains malware which interferes with the settings security your computer and show ads through browsers.
The malware that infects the system of the user, can potentially still be used to intercept personal data. Most of the time, however, this type of scam is aimed at scammers profiting from the ads displayed on your computer's browser. In addition to the fact that these programs are installed on the system, without the user's consent, they also have a negative impact on computer performance and are difficult to remove (usually requires special software).
