I have been seeing this ‘video’ posted on different scrapbooks for some time now but never gave it too much attention until one of my friend brought it to my notice that its a virus and not a funny video.

The video in the scrapbook appears something like this:

Beware that its not a YouTube video, its simply an image hosted at Orkut. Its also accompanied by “Olha so que encontrei arios flagras no BBB8 vc vai pira” in Portugese which when translated to English means something like “Look so I found arios flagras no BBB8 vc vai pira Several flagras in BBB8 cn will pyre “.

So how does this virus affect you?

This virus is very similar to this one.  The only difference is that instead of using .exe files its using VB Script to cause damage. Once you click on the link, you are taken to either of the two sites: http://one.xthost.info or http://two.xthost.info. Once there it downloads a virus called VBS:Encrypted-gen into your computer. This virus has two known aliases as well: ASP/Ace.AY and Backdoor.ASP.Ace.dg. These viruse attacks ASP backdoor and replicates itself by sending scraps to all your friends.

How can I protect myself from it?

As far as I believe, the following steps should help you get rid of it:

• Download an Antivirus (Avast is recommended since it has been known to detect this virus)  and an AntiSpyware . Scan your whole computer in safe mode.
• Download  Mozilla Firefox  and  get  the  Adblock and Flashblock plugins for Firefox.
  
• Log into Orkut and change your password and delete all scraps from your scrapbook that you think are malicious.

cheers