It seems that Twilight and promises of free downloads are ripe for getting a virus or worse.
“‘Twilight’ brings out cyber bloodsuckers
As with “Harry Potter,” cybercriminals were ready to feast on the popularity generated by the “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.”
Leading up to its June 30 release, several malicious campaigns made their way around the Web preying on the widespread anticipation of the film. The antivirus maker Norton reported that more than 50 percent of the Web pages yielded by searching movie-related search terms – such as “Twilight,” Twilight Eclipse,” “Rob Pattinson” – contained malicious software.”
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