5 Dec 2008

Virus Warning! The Koobface is Back!

Facebook virus Koobface has gained a foothold into many accounts of the social network's users.

First spotted in August, the program sends emails to a user's friends and asks them to check out a funny video on a site, using a stupod subject line like "You look so amazing funny on our new video." or "You got filmed all naked".

The site looks like YouTube, but asks you to download an update to the Flash Player to watch the video. This download contains the virus.

Some victims report the bug has taken control of their browser, redirecting Google search links to other pages.

Facebook is resetting passwords on infected accounts, removing malicious messages and working with third parties to remove redirects to malicious content elsewhere on the web, the statement said.

If you get infected, or just in case, you might want to have a look at some of these:

Macrovirus On-call
PappaPC

Remember, there is one NEW virus developed and released EVERY SECOND!





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