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Open season for spammers using Google+

27 November 2013 | Netopia

Since YouTube forced users to adopt a Google+ account and use a real name for their profile to comment on YouTube, spam has actually increased.

YouTube’s previous commenting system automatically blocked hyper-text links. Given the nature of many sites promoted by spammers, the links likely connect to destination sites packed with malware.

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