Facebook new internet danger

[CGayle]

>From a very computer savvy friend for those on Facebook.
Cynthia Gayle


> FYI
> 
> "Koobface" Worm Resurfaces on Facebook, MySpace
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> Security experts are warning users of Facebook, MySpace and other 
> social networking communities to be on guard against a new strain of 
> the "Koobface" worm, which spreads by tricking users into responding 
> to a message apparently sent from one of their friends.
> 
> The latest version of Koobface arrives as an invitation from a user's 
> friend or contact, inviting the recipient to click on a link and view 
> a video at a counterfeit YouTube site. Visitors are told they need 
> need to install an Adobe Flash plug-in to view the video.
> 
> The bogus plug-in instead installs a Trojan horse program that gives 
> Koobface author(s) control over the infected user's computer, 
> according to security firm Trend Micro, which 
> documented the new strain on its blog.
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