Favebook Virus

[W1nTry]

For those crackbook junkies out there here's a serious threat to consider:

Beware the Facebook 'Secret Crush'


Spyware has landed on Facebook.

According to researchers at Fortinet, a malicious Facebook Widget actively spreading on the popular social networking site is serving as a lure to trick users into installing the notorious Zango adware/spyware program.



According to a detailed advisory from Fortinet (complete with screenshots) the so-called "Secret Crush" widget powers a software installation that traces back to Zango.

    Needless to say that clicking on "Download Now" leads to a copy of the infamous Zango adware/spyware. This was formerly known as BetterInternet, and is currently caught by Fortinet as Adware/Zango as can be seen in Figure 6. By downloading, the malicious widget authors get rewarded with a fistful of pennies upon each download (which, after a few million clicks, probably sums up to an impressive total).

Fortinet said the widget is already being used by 3% of the Facebook community, which amounts to over one million users.

[Spazosaurus]

I'm sure you mean facebook and not favebook. Hmmmm thanks for the heads up. Im sure other facecrack users will want to beware of this threat.

[Trinitus]

This is one of the reasons why i lock off these things I find them to be too open to the general public.....