Facebook Worm Threat: The virus is back
Filed under: Computers | By: Peter Chubb
Posted on: March 3, 2009 | 2 Comments
If you are a Facebook or MySpace account holder, then you should be aware that the ‘Koobface’ worm is back. It seems as if the virus has some unfinished business with these social networking sites. The worm is disguised to trick you into downloading programs; these will then hijack your computer.
The latest version of the Koobface virus arrives as an invitation from a friend or contact, when you click on that invite link you will then view a video from a counterfeit YouTube website. You are then told that you need to install an Adobe Flash Plug-in to view the video.
That is when a Trojan horse program gives you the Koobface virus. The worm takes control of the user’s computer, as well as their social networking account. To make sure that the ‘Koobface’ virus does not trick you, only click on links in an email if you are certain that the message is from your friend.
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I got this virus last night, and it turned over and sent it to around 15 more people. At least that is all I saw. McAfee virus caught it on my laptop, and wiped it out.
The link I clicked on was from an old friend from back in the highschool days, so I figured it was an old high school clip. What I did see was a picture of a downtown city scape that was titled “Hong Kong”.
I will not be clicking on anymore links sent through Facebook.
I think I just got this virus, I opened an e-mail from facebook about relatives and things statred popping up. Windows opened and wants me to run a program, yet doesn’t recognize the program. I started my McAfee scan and am haoping it finds the virus and gets rid of it.