Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Sexiest virus on Facebook
LONDON: Social networking website Facebook(fb) has asked its users to be aware of a link saying it is the “sexiest video ever” that is spreading virus.
“If you get a posting on fb wall telling you ‘this is without doubt the sexiest video ever!’ which seems to be accompanied by a video titled ‘Candid Camera Prank [HQ]’, then don’t click on the video; it’s a lead-in to malware,” the website warned on May 18.
“Clicking the link will take you to what seems like a fb application which then tells you that your video player is out of date and encourages you to download a file. If you do, then the same ‘video’ plus link gets posted using your avatar to all your friends meaning it is spreading virally,” it said.
“Thousands of people received it. If you were one of them, you should scan your computer with an anti-virus, change your passwords, review your fb application settings, and learn not fall for a such trick,” Graham Cluley, a senior technology consultant at anti-virus company Sophos, was quoted by The Guardian as saying.
Source: Himalayan Times
“If you get a posting on fb wall telling you ‘this is without doubt the sexiest video ever!’ which seems to be accompanied by a video titled ‘Candid Camera Prank [HQ]’, then don’t click on the video; it’s a lead-in to malware,” the website warned on May 18.
“Clicking the link will take you to what seems like a fb application which then tells you that your video player is out of date and encourages you to download a file. If you do, then the same ‘video’ plus link gets posted using your avatar to all your friends meaning it is spreading virally,” it said.
“Thousands of people received it. If you were one of them, you should scan your computer with an anti-virus, change your passwords, review your fb application settings, and learn not fall for a such trick,” Graham Cluley, a senior technology consultant at anti-virus company Sophos, was quoted by The Guardian as saying.
Source: Himalayan Times
Labels: facebook, fake video, malware, virus payload
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