BIG MAC VIRUS ON YOUTUBE BE AWARE !!

[Astuces iOS]

Be aware because you could get hacked ! Actually on YouTube there is somebody who promoted a FAKE VERSION of the DynamicLake Pro app !

It's a YouTube ad and it looks like more than 600k of people looked at it ! 💀

The official app is not a virus but if you click on the link via YouTube, it will redirect you to a fake temporary website where you can download a DMG !

Then it tells you to drag and drop it not to your app folder but into terminal ! After that it will ask you for your password... And it's there where you get hacked !



So if you see this on YouTube or anywhere else, be aware it might be a scam and never drag and drop to the terminal ! (I almost got hacked, I acted before it was too late)

 

[MarineBand5524]

Be aware because you could get hacked ! Actually on YouTube there is somebody who promoted a FAKE VERSION of the DynamicLake Pro app !

It's a YouTube ad and it looks like more than 600k of people looked at it ! 💀

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The official app is not a virus but if you click on the link via YouTube, it will redirect you to a fake temporary website where you can download a DMG !

Then it tells you to drag and drop it not to your app folder but into terminal ! After that it will ask you for your password... And it's there where you get hacked !



So if you see this on YouTube or anywhere else, be aware it might be a scam and never drag and drop to the terminal ! (I almost got hacked, I acted before it was too late)

I just saw a YouTube video talking about how ads are doing this all over the place.

 

[Astuces iOS]

I just saw a YouTube video talking about how ads are doing this all over the place.

Yes it can be very dangerous, imagine you want to download an app that you know, you click on a fake website, download the app and boom you got hacked... Google should really verify ads !

 

[MarineBand5524]

Yes it can be very dangerous, imagine you want to download an app that you know, you click on a fake website, download the app and boom you got hacked... Google should really verify ads !

its not just Google. They are everywhere.

 

[Nermal]

Google should really verify ads !

This has come up before. Google and its ilk make money from the fraudulent ads, so will only remove them when legally required to.

 

[theorist9]

Best practice (which these days is really essential practice) is to only download apps from the App store or directly from the developer's website.

EDIT: And never navigate to a developer's websites via a sponsored link in Google (see @bogdanw 's post immdiately below). Always use the non-sponsored link.

 

[bogdanw]

Related "Kaspersky official blog - The AMOS infostealer is piggybacking ChatGPT's chat-sharing feature"
https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/share-chatgpt-chat-clickfix-macos-amos-infostealer/54928/
"A sponsored link in Google search results leads to a malware installation guide disguised as ChatGPT Atlas for macOS and hosted on the official ChatGPT site"