Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Facebook �Antivirus� nuisance tags friends in photos

Facebook is working on filtering a piece of nuisance malware that poses as a �Facebook antivirus� application that -- when it�s installed -- puts several dozen photos on a victim�s Facebook wall and tags their friends in them. Once their friends click on the �tagged� photo, they are offered the fake anti-virus.

Spellings include: �F�acebook Antivirus,� �Facebook Antivirus� and �Antivirus in Focebook�

Facebook Insider said Facebook is filtering the fake tags and gives instructions for removing tags of ones self from friends� photos.

Story here: "Warning: Facebook Antivirus Will Virally Spam Your Friends"

Tom Kelchner

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