Tag: Facebook
New Facebook Trojan Attack
by Don Fosen on Oct.31, 2009, under Security Updates
There is a new email based Trojan attack that masquerades as request to update your Facebook account. It looks something like this:
Facebook Email
Needless to say, this is not something you should click on. If you do so it will take you to a site that installs a virus on your computer. This message is the result of a massive bot attack with an estimated 750,000 people having received the email.
Here are some links for additional information:
Massive bot attack spoofs Facebook password messages
Fake Facebook e-mail contains Trojan
Definition of a Trojan (from Wikipedia)
