Twilight: New Moon video scam warning

Fans of Twilight have been warned not to fall for an online scam that abuses the series' popularity.

Videos appearing on YouTube under headings such as 'New Moon full movie' contain text encouraging you to go to certain sites to see the forthcoming film New Moon, the second in the Twilight series.

According to security researchers, many variants of the scam attempt to arouse interest in the alleged romance between the two main characters, played by Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart.

"It's important to note many of these scam vids are relying on the audience desire to see the two leads of the Twilight films bumping uglies," said Christopher Boyd of FaceTime Security.

The scams have links to notorious adware provider Zango, which officially shut down in April this year, though its software lives on.

If you follow the links mentioned, you'll be asked to install Zango software in order to see the movie.

However, you'll never actually get to see New Moon - once you've installed Zango, you'll be directed to a site containing nothing but dead links, said Boyd.

Fellow Twilight star Ashley Greene has also been the bait in online scams before.