Footage has divided the internet over whether it's a genuine threat or a dark hoax or viral

This disturbing video is terrifying viewers across the internet and has sent conspiracy theorists into overdrive.

The creepy footage features a figure in a medieval-style plague doctor mask and black robe who stands silently as strange noises play in the background.

It contains numerous cryptic messages which appear to reveal a sinister threat while even the name itself - posted in binary code and translated from Spanish - means 'Death'.

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This disturbing video is terrifying viewers across the internet and has sent conspiracy theorists into overdrive

The creepy footage features someone in a medieval-style plague doctor mask who stands silently as strange noises play in the background. It is packed with secret codes - which appear for only moments, such as across the window (top left)

Underneath the binary title is another encrypted message which reads as a warning: 'You have one year or less.'

Conspiracy theorists now claim the terrifying clip may be threat against Barack Obama and the United States.

They say they found GPS coordinates in the footage which relate to the White House while coded messages tell viewers to 'Kill the President.'

The plague mask, along with hints about a 'virus', also point to a possible biological attack.

Other cryptographic clues are dotted throughout the 2 minutes film, sometimes for just a single frame before they disappear again.

The masked person also appears to be using a light hidden in their glove to send a Morse code.

Part of the baffling mystery, is how the footage came to be shared online.

A Sweden-based tech blog reported they had received a DVD anonymously from someone in Poland which contained secret cryptic warnings.

The footage has sent social media into a frenzy as people work to decipher the bizarre video.

Social media users have posted pictures from what they claim is analysis from a spectrogram - an instrument which gives a visual representation of sound - which appears to show a woman being tortured

Another analysis, this time from the DVD's sound menu, creates a picture of a human skull

Another disturbing revelation was made by social media users who have posted pictures from what they claim is analysis from a spectrogram - an instrument which gives a visual representation of sound - which appears to show a woman being tortured.

Over a picture of her bound and gagged are the words 'We are the anti-virus,' according to Reddit users.

Another analysis, this time from the DVD's sound menu, creates a picture of a human skull. Text contained in the spectrogram image reads: 'You are already dead.'

The grainy, black and white footage, also reveal symbols appearing on the brick wall - such as a G at the centre of an eye.

While the hooded figure at the center holds out their hand to reveal a blinking light embedded in the palm. Reddit users have discovered that the light was a form of Morse code which translates to the phrase 'RED LIPSLIKE TENTH.'

Worryingly, when the letters are re-arranged, they spell out the order to 'Kill the President.'

Another flashing light at the end of the video also spells out '2015THEREWILLBE(THREE)', according to Reddit users.

While a sequence of letters written in the coded Wingdings 3 font are decrypted to read 'A ???is on the ris? ??nl join, or y???bll. The viru?h??? too far; i???s?pped. We w??l ? i??t it's roo? ?????, will bur..'

The grainy, black and white footage, also reveal symbols appearing on the brick wall - such as a G at the centre of an eye

Other cryptographic clues are dotted throughout the 2 minutes film, sometimes for just a single frame before they disappear again

This is not the first time the footage has been shared online. It was first posted to YouTube in May this year by a user named AETBX.

He told the Daily Dot that he too had come across the clip in a bizarre fashion.

Via translation, he said that a girl he knew 'found it in a park outside Spain' on a disc. She then sent him the file online.

He denies that he had anything to do with the new version, which does not contain his username's watermark and believes that Swedish tech site GadgetZZ's claims the DVD arrived via post were fake.

The internet is divided over what the unsettling clip might mean.

Some fear it could be the work of a crazed killer or even a terrorist after the video shared GPS coordinates of the White House and encrypted messages about death.

Dark Shot wrote on You Tube: 'Hmm..scary enough to convince me.'

Others believed it could be some kind of subliminal mind control at work.

J Mórrígan Sìobhrag commented: 'Looks like some kind of mind control or bizarre thing like that - psychoacoustic sound, subliminals, codes, masking... Weird stuff indeed...!'

Text contained in the spectrogram image reads: 'You are already dead', according to Reddit users

The internet is divided over what the unsettling clip might mean, with wild theories ranging from harmless prankster to mind control

John Madore added: 'Mind control also comes to mind. I felt mentally uncomfortable watching the video and hearing the sound. It seems to be a trigger.'

But most are convinced the footage is a dark practical joke - just in time for Halloween.

Jeremy Poe worte on You tube: 'Hoax art. Gotta love it. Dude is going to make some bank off this. Views go up 10,000 every half hour or so. Also if it were credible in any way it would not still be here, just saying. Good job freaking people out before Halloween.'

Alexandra Nilsson added: 'It's just a video made by a kid with a rich imagination. That is it! I understand it is nice to think that is something more than that because the human spirit likes mystery but...Let's not think everything is made by aliens or CIA or a psycho....remember there are lots and lots of boys and girls with a lot of free time.'

Another suggestion is that it is an, admittedly poor taste, viral marketing campaign.