Watching entertaining online videos is one of the resources that people fill their time with between boring meetings. Of course, the exact purpose for being a regular visitor in such streaming facilities as Youtube can be varied for individuals with distinct values. Nevertheless, the tendency of video-viewing cannot be denied and its importance is unquestionable. Issues that have been reported to be triggered by online videos is also a factor that needs some attention and analysis. IT professionals have been focusing on one significant feature that might occur due to an insecure video: phones can be forced to turn off. Videos that are programmed to cause a crash or a freeze in a phone are not to be taken lightly. Even though it might not seem so difficult to turn on your phone after it has shut down, security analysts notice more possible inconveniences.
IT specialists paid attention to VK.com and a link that was being distributed in this Russian social networking site. They indicated that the URL leads to a video file that can force almost any iPhone to take an unexpected trip to sleep-town. As soon as a person clicks on the infected URL, the file will overload the system and cause the device to freeze, and then completely crash. The older iPhone model, the sooner the crash occurs.
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People that experience a system crash should press “Home” and “Power” buttons at the same time and wait until the screen starts shinning again. Of course, a device cannot always possess this combination of buttons. An alternative way-out is to hold “Power” and the “Volume Down” for a couple of moments. The bright side of this situation is that this shut-down does not seem to leave a more significant impact to the device. Nevertheless, an unexpected crash can be a real bother if you have to quickly contact someone or use your phone. Reloading is time-consuming and users won’t find this action indispensable. If you have no intention of getting involved in these games, you should not open links that are sent to you via social networking sites. Before doing so, make sure that the sender actually intended for you to receive the link and that it is not a trick.
Source: hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com, bleepingcomputer.com.
