Rogue email targets Facebook users
By Gina on August 24, 2011 | Spam and email, Facebook scam, Facebook page, fake email, rogue email, Facebook malware
Facebook users are victims of scammers once again. They are targets of fake emails are spreading very fast. Users are getting rogue emails that are supposedly coming from Facebook page.
A click on the suggested „Confirm Friend Request“ button redirects user to rogue Facebook page which states victims Macromedia Flash Player is too old to continue and it offers to download the latest version of the tool.
This download leads user to malware which is a Zbot variant. If it is downloaded and installed to your computer user will end up with the information stealing Trojan on their system, warns Trend Micro . Be careful of the links you are clicking and firstly, make sure an email you get is legitimate.
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