Facebook, one of the biggest and most popular social networking sites is again tackling a new malware which is spreading throughout its network. This new malware is the latest variant of a well known ”Koobface” virus which was first traced in middle of the year.
Koobface has dozens of variants which are already known but this new variant which is presently in a non-stop action and is of new kind, though its working is similar to the older ones. Koobface appears as a text message or as a video (shared with an infected friend) with a message, “Look you were filmed all naked”, “You looked funny in this video” etc.
After a person click any of these links, virus comes into initial steps and user sees a software update massage on their screen, which is an attempt from the virus to install tinyproxy.exe, its proxy server manager. Once it is installed and system is rebooted, this server then keeps a track of all the user activity. The main aim of this virus is to get all personal information of the user like user names, passwords, credit card number etc.
Facebook is already aware of this problem and have already posted instructions on how to remove the infection. They are also taking all measures to make people aware of this new virus.
How do I fix it – my little sister clicked the link and now my pc is creating error messages every 2 seconds!
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