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Facebook virus AGAIN ?

Virus Hits Facebook Users
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Tue Dec 9, 2008 - 11:30 AM EST - By Jennifer Chappell

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I just read over at Palm Addicts via the BBC News Website that there is a virus making its rounds on Facebook.

According to BBC, the virus 'Koobface' is targeting Facebook's 120 million users. Koobface is designed to get hold of sensitive info like credit card details, and it spreads by sending a message to people's inboxes, pretending to be from a Facebook friend. Hmmm, Koobface had just targeted MySpace back in August. Stupid hackers!

According to BBC, Koobface sends a message that says, "you look funny in this new video" or "you look just awesome in this new video". If you click on the link provided, you're asked to watch a "secret video by Tom". And when you try to play the video, you're asked to download the latest version of Adobe Flash Player. If you do, the virus gets in and attacks your computer.

If only these hackers useless clumps would use their brains to do something more useful. They're a dime a dozen though and what goes around, comes around.

So, be careful if you're a Facebook user! Don't open any messages from people you don't know, especially if the message says something like "you look funny in this new video". I get emails that say that or something similar everyday and I just delete them all.

You can read more here.

http://www.treocentral.com/content/Stories/2240-1.htm

I got it this morning - exactly as mentioned above. Didn't download the virus but saw what it wanted to do!

By now someone has to be pretty dumb to click on those links. Its no different than the ones on MSN.

Hackers are really lacking originality.

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Originally posted by Intangible By now someone has to be pretty dumb to click on those links. Its no different than the ones on MSN. Hackers are really lacking originality.

LoL ppl are dumb and fall for the same thing over and over ...

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Originally posted by Intangible By now someone has to be pretty dumb to click on those links. Its no different than the ones on MSN. Hackers are really lacking originality.

Actually, it's quite ingenius.

We all know some people on facebook that are absolute attention whores and will constantly update status and photos so you know what they are doing every minute of the day. So when something like a link to a funny video of them comes along, do you really doubt that they will click the link?

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Originally posted by Big Boss Actually, it's quite ingenius. We all know some people on facebook that are absolute attention whores and will constantly update status and photos so you know what they are doing every minute of the day. So when something like a link to a funny video of them comes along, do you really doubt that they will click the link?

Yeah i'm not that bad that i update my info every 5min but i am an only child so i am a huge attention whore. So they almost got the 1st time they sent a msg like that too me, but i got the same one from 2 ppl and thought i was fishy so i didn't click it and woulden't you know 2 hrs later there was a thread just like this talking about the virus.

I think I've been on my facebook account about a dozen times in the two years that I've had it.

Re: Facebook virus AGAIN ?

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Originally posted by E2EK1EL

The Globe & Mail had an article on Friday of last week talking about Koobface.

Yes. Yes it is back.

And this is why it is banned at our office