Warning! Facebook virus
First this aint no April Fools Day joke! This isn't a hoax either, I've discovered it myself today. "My Home Video" messages appeared at several Facebook profiles today. Clicking the link brings you to a malicious site that serves a setup.exe file. Don't click the link and don't open the setup.exe or you'll be infected. The virus (probably a malicious application) also sends out mails to your Facebook addressbook to invite your friends to click the link. As I'm not infected myself it's hard to tell which application or virus this is causing. But you've been warned now!
Update (6/4/2009)
The virus is called "Win32/Koobface". More information can be found on:
blogs.technet.com/mmpc/archive/2009/04/02/win32-koobface-...
Warning! Facebook virus
First this aint no April Fools Day joke! This isn't a hoax either, I've discovered it myself today. "My Home Video" messages appeared at several Facebook profiles today. Clicking the link brings you to a malicious site that serves a setup.exe file. Don't click the link and don't open the setup.exe or you'll be infected. The virus (probably a malicious application) also sends out mails to your Facebook addressbook to invite your friends to click the link. As I'm not infected myself it's hard to tell which application or virus this is causing. But you've been warned now!
Update (6/4/2009)
The virus is called "Win32/Koobface". More information can be found on:
blogs.technet.com/mmpc/archive/2009/04/02/win32-koobface-...