Facebook Friend Worm Warning

[Beach Runner]

Just heard about a new worm. People are getting emails from a Facebook friend with a link attached. The latest variant seems to suggest that it?s a link to a YouTube video. When the link is clicked, a Trojan is downloaded that infects your computer with the koobface worm. If you receive such a message from Facebook, delete it and do not click the link. If you have already clicked the link and noticed strange activity on your computer, run a full antivirus scan on your computer.

More information about koobface can be found here:

http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_148955.htm

 

[futurebeachbum]

I received one this morning. It was exactly as you described.

Didn't seem to impact my Mac negatively though.

 

[Smiling JOe]

I got two of those malware attempted attacks this morning.

Dear friends,
Please treat your facebook passwords like your toothbrush. Don't make them easy for other people to use. Create a password other than "123456". Create a password that isn't a word at all, and use at least one capital letter and at least two numbers in the password. Your friends will love you for it.