Twilight Movie Fans Beware: You Are Now Targets of Cybercriminals

Author: Dan Reyes
Published: November 17, 2011 at 4:03 pm
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Symantec's Norton Internet Security has just sent out a warning for all Twilight fans all over the world.

The upcoming and highly anticipated release of the Twilight movie, Breaking Dawn, has triggered this malicious online activities.

According to Symantec, it noted an increase in malicious links showing up in search pages of popular terms related to the movie series.

Some of the popular search terms that have compromised links include "nude pictures of Taylor Lautner, "Robert and Kristin kissing," and "Twilight true love."

Other searches that are turning up "poisoned results" tend to be for photos, trailers, clips, casting information and movie plot details about the series.

Symantec explained that when clicked, these "poisoned" links can automatically put viruses, key-logging programs, and other nasty infected software on your smartphone, computer or tablet.

 
 

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