Fake Twitch TV Site Recommends PUP as Video Plugin

  • 21 October 2014
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October 21, 2014 | BY Jovi Umawing
 


 
We recently found a site that not only impersonates the look of the legitimate Twitch TV website, but also sports a so-called video player plugin that needs to be downloaded (as recommended) for the clips to play. Note that the only plugin one can use to view live game streams on Twich is Adobe Flash Player, so if you know this, seeing an endorsement of a different plugin should immediately raise a flag. The domain impersonator is twitchtv(dot)net.
What is downloaded, however, is not the actual plugin but an installer manager, which the site admins only revealed at the foot of the page. Here’s the text transcription:
 
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