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Monday, January 07, 2008

Facebook widgets try to install spyware

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Hi,
Facebook widgets are trying to install spyware.Fortinet security team warns about spyware which spreads through the Facebook social networking site. According to the advisory, the spyware uses the Facebook widget feature, which allows users to integrate their own programs into the pages of the web portal. When attacked a user is informed that "Someone has a Secret Crush on you". To find out who this person is, the user is then instructed to install the "Secret Crush" widget. However, in order to proceed, the user has to invite an additional five contacts to install the widget. To know more about this, Click here....

Ganesh.KB

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