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Automated Facebook Attacks
Reported by d1m on Saturday, October 3 2009 5:06 pm
Same picture with different name and same link. Click on image to enlarge
Roger Thompson, chief research officer for AVG, has warned Facebook users about a number of fake profiles with malicious links. Apparently, the spyware is able create numerous bogus Facebook accounts automatically, bypassing the Facebook Capcha (the image of letters which are required for a new account). All the accounts have different profiles but the same picture and link was used. Better warn your family and friends about this malware and always remember this: Never ever click on dodgy links!
Same picture with different name and same link. Click on image to enlarge
Roger Thompson, chief research officer for AVG, has warned Facebook users about a number of fake profiles with malicious links. Apparently, the spyware is able create numerous bogus Facebook accounts automatically, bypassing the Facebook Capcha (the image of letters which are required for a new account). All the accounts have different profiles but the same picture and link was used. Better warn your family and friends about this malware and always remember this: Never ever click on dodgy links!
“Today our LinkScanner users started detecting rogue spyware attacks that seemed to be originating from Facebook. The first profile that we looked at looked like this …"
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