Do n’t click any porno link on Facebook . Just do n’t . It ’s a right principle of ovolo , but there ’s an extra good reason correctly now . There ’s a troubling eccentric of porn - based malware that’sapparently infected over 110,000 Facebook usersin two days . And you could get the same Click Transmitted Disease .
The Facebook malwareis disguised as a Flash update . Basically , you ’ll see a link to a porn television in one of your protagonist ’s posts . If you select it ( do n’t ) you ’ll be taken to a website thatmay or may not be mask as YouTubeand see the first few second of the telecasting . Then the television will prompt you to download a Flash update to keep watching . If you do , you ’ll infect your computing machine with a Trojan that can commandeer your keyboard and mouse .
Once you ’re infect , the malware bulge out post porn links to your Facebook wall and tagging up to 20 booster each time . Unlike blast subject matter , this technique start the malware to keep a humiliated profile ( as low as you’re able to while station genuine porn ) , while also displaying itself publically on your visibility . That ’s plainly how the malware infected so many Facebook users so chop-chop .
We have n’t see this malware in action , and we do n’t need to . We ’ve also reach out to Facebook to see how they ’re address the issue . Regardless , you may bring through yourself the trouble of deal with it if you just stave off fall into place porn links on Facebook . Do n’t do it ! In world-wide ! [ ThreatPost ]
Update ( 4:10pm ): Facebook just write out the following argument :
We habituate a identification number of automated systems to identify potentially harmful links and check them from spreading . In this eccentric , we ’re aware of these malware smorgasbord , which are typically host as web browser app extensions and give out using links on social media sites . We are blocking links to these scams , offer killing choice , and pursuing additional measures to insure that the great unwashed continue to have a safe experience on Facebook .
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