Beware of new Facebook virus called "Koobface"
Well, there is a new virus making it's way through Facebook today, and apparently it is spreading like wildfire. The new infection is called "Koobface", and it tricks you into infecting your own computer with it by telling you that if you want to watch a certain video, you need to install an update for Flash player. You will then be prompted to download and install a file named "flash_player.exe". When you click on the link to install it, your computer becomes infected, and everybody on your Friends list will get sent the same message that you did, which is how the virus spreads.
According to the news article posted by PC World magazine:
"A clear eye for fraud will help you avoid this mess. You can usuallyspot phony e-mails by their titles. Kaspersky found the following: Paris Hilton Tosses Dwarf On The Street; Examiners Caught DownloadingGrades From The Internet; You must see it!!! LOL. My friend catched youon hidden cam; Is it really celebrity? Funny Moments."
Any time you click on a link to install a file from the Internet, you are basically telling your antivirus software that it is not an infected file and that you want to install it, so always be very careful whenever you get a message telling you that you need to download and install a particular file in order to access something on the Internet.
So now you've been warned.
Let's be careful out there!
Happy surfing...
-PJ
Posted by PJ Networks Blog at 4/9/2010 1:19 PM 
Categories: virus, Facebook, infection
Tags: facebook virus infection
Categories: virus, Facebook, infection
Tags: facebook virus infection
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