To know what’s hot on Google Video, you may opt to subscribe to the Google Video blog group, an announcement only group run by Google Video team, which is sent on a daily basis to update you the fun and interesting video clips.
The mailing list was recently exploited to send viruses to its subscribers. As many as 4 mails have managed to pass whatever checks Google has to ensure the mail is only sent by the manager of the list.
And here’s Google’s response:
On Tuesday evening, three posts were made to the Google Video
Blog-group that should not have been posted. This has now been
addressed and fixed.Still, some of these posts may have contained a virus called
W32/Kapser.A@mm — a mass mailing worm. If you think you have
downloaded this virus from the group or an email message, we recommend
you run your antivirus program to remove it. If you do not have an
antivirus program, you can download Norton AntiVirus software for free
from the Google pack,http://pack.google.com/intl/en/pack_installer.html?nopers
We’re sorry for any inconvenience, and we’re taking steps to ensure
that this doesn’t happen again.
Don’t worry, you still can’t get any virus by playing videos posted on Google Video.
Don’t worry, at least in theory, viewing a video on Google Video won’t get your PC infected.
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