Worm masquerades under the photo chat on Facebook
By Gina on January 12, 2011 | Malware, Facebook fraud, facebook scam, phishing, Facebook worm
A new worm have been noticed which hides the photo chat messages on Facebook. This is bait for victims to download malicious files. The worm forces user to click on a “View Photo“ button.
Unwary user gets malware by clicking the button. Malware creates malicious message which is for the victims'/victim's Facebook contacts. This is how worm configures fraudulent chains of bitter program. It’s like a circle of malicious actions and it is the best way for the worm to spread.
Facebook has dealt with the malicious program. The most common way to trick users is to fill rogue surveys on Facebook. Nowadays survey scams have become a real annoyance on Facebook. These kinds of surveys ask users to put information and it usually includes personal details.
This worm is similar to the latest Palevo-BB worm which is not the first worm that has chosen Facebook as a perfect field to infect users’ computers.
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