Facebook seems to fall often victim of malicious viruses that can infect your computer and scammers that can affect your wallets. So, read carefully and be suspicious of unusual messages that seem to have been sent apparently by your friends.
The latest virus apparenty making the rounds in Facebook is a message sent to your inbox saying “Youe n ass got filmefd as qell” and invite you to follow and lick links. Do not reply!
Over last weekend, a Koobface-like attack surfaced on Facebook, infecting users by tricking them into clicking to view a photograph.
“Unlike the majority of Facebook scams we report, this one actively infects your computer with malware instead of simply tricking you into taking surveys and passing on messages to other users,” said Chester Wisniewski, senior security advisor at Sophos. Facebook has since removed the malicious application.
Another outbreak of mass gullibility also affected Facebook users over the weekend, as scammers attempted to lure people into viewing a video alleging that the killer of hip-hop star Tupac Shakur was Suge Knight,the owner of Tupac Shakur’s record label, Death Row Records. To get to the news, however, readers needed to “complete a 30-second test below to prove you are human.”
Cluley said that “this is where the scammers make their money. Every time someone fills in an online survey, they make a little bit of commission. If they can find an attractive enough lure — like a video ‘proving’ who killed Tupac Shakur — they can potentially bring lots of people to the surveys.”
Indeed, at least 125,000 people had clicked on fake links relating to the bogus news, which was being circulated by 10 different rogue applications. Cluley said the attack is also being distributed via Twitter postswith direct links to the Facebook applications. Any users that authorized the rogue application would then see the attack posted to their Facebook wall, perpetuating the scam.
(Read Full Story in Information Week )
As every once in a while virus are making the rounds in Facebook, please, beware of unusual messages from your FB friends and never reply to snicky-tricky oddities and scammers.
Do not open messages written in a wrong spelling manner…
source: http://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2011/01/13/beware-of-viruses-and-scams-on-facebook/
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