Facebook Virus
Luann Lasalle, THE CANADIAN PRESS
MONTREAL - A virus has been infecting popular social networking sites MySpace and Facebook, tech experts said Thursday.
On Facebook, the virus is causing email messages to be sent to people on “friends” lists asking them to watch a video supposedly on YouTube. A user has to download what purports to be a plug-in to watch the video.
Tech expert Marc Saltzman said the plug-in is actually a virus.
The bogus email appears to come from a friend, he said.
“Even when you go to the fake site, it has their name and profile picture right on the site, so you really believe it,” said Saltzman, a syndicated tech columnist who received several of these emails a few days ago.
Security researcher Wayne Blackard said the virus is also infecting MySpace.
“I don’t have any specific numbers, but I do expect that it will spread rapidly given the popularity of the social networks,” said Blackard of Texas-based TippingPoint Technologies Inc.
On MySpace the virus is being spread when people contact friends.
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