Payet added that 'the files are most likely downloaded by users who may have been tricked by fake advertisements or offers of free or cheaper access to Netflix.' How to check for suspicious Netflix activity, and what to do about it Banload steals banking information from the affected computer.' 'The files are downloaders that, once executed, open the Netflix home page as a decoy and secretly download Infostealer.Banload. 'One malware campaign involves malicious files posing as Netflix software on compromised computers' desktops,' Payet wrote. Your email address and password are sent to criminals, and just to add injury to insult, the fake page may ask for your credit-card number as well.īut Netflix is so popular, Symantec says, that Trojan-horse malware posing as Netflix applications has cropped up as well. Payet notes that one method of doing so involves the good old phishing scam - an email message or browser pop-up window that says you need to log back into your Netflix account for some reason, then takes you to a fake Netflix login page. With such a thriving trade in stolen Netflix credentials, online criminals need to steal more and more of them. We update our account list daily to ensure you get only the freshest accounts.' The golden ticket to unlimited streaming 'You can generate almost unlimited accounts per day. 'NetflixGenerator is a unique tool that generates freshly cracked accounts,' the ad reads. It can be accessed for set periods of time - $10 for a week, $20 for a month or $30 forever. There are so many stolen Netflix credentials out there that Payet's screenshots of online black markets include an ad for a tool called ' NetflixGenerator' that spits out freshly compromised credentials in bulk, for people who want to resell those credentials to end users. 'This is because a password change would alert the user who had their account stolen of the compromise.' 'In most advertisements for these services, the seller asks the buyer not to change any information on the accounts, such as the password, as it may render them unusable,' Payet added. These accounts either provide a month of viewing, or give full access to the premium service. 'The most common offers are for existing Netflix accounts.

'There is an underground economy targeting users who wish to access Netflix for free or a reduced price,' Symantec's Lionel Payet wrote in a company blog posting Feb.

That cut-rate access comes through stolen credentials. This marketing coup also means that there are now a lot of potential Netflix customers in poorer countries who can't afford to spend $8 a month for access on their Android phones - but can certainly pay a buck or two to the guys running the cellphone shop down the street.

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