Some online videos contain viruses that can hurt your computer. Hackers have even found a way to put viruses in online video players. With people catching on to email scams, hackers are looking for new ways to hack into your computer to get private and confidential information.

There have already been a few cases of hacking through media players so far. Hackers have also put up fake video postings on YouTube that contain viruses. They are also using social networking sites, blogs, and wikis by putting malicious codes into the sites.