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The name given to a computer worm that uses
Facebook's messaging system to infect PCs in an
attempt to gather sensitive information such as credit card numbers.
Koobface propagates by sending notes to Facebook friends
of someone whose PC has been infected. The messages, with subject headers like,
"You look just awesome in this new movie," direct recipients to a Web site where
they are asked to download what it claims is an update of Adobe Systems Inc's
Flash player.
If they download the software, users end up with an infected computer, which
then takes users to contaminated sites when they try to use search engines from
Google, Yahoo, MSN and Live.com, according McAfee.
The Koobface virus also attacks users of the MySpace
social networking site. Variants of the worm include
Net-Worm.Win32.Koobface.a. and Net-Worm.Win32.Koobface.b.
See also "Facebook
Hit With 'Koobface' Virus" on
SmallBusinessComputing.com.
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