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Ok, a friend just said something about a new facebook virus of some sort. Wanna give me the low-down since I am addicted to the FB?

Here is just a little of what i found when I googled facebook virus
For the tech geeks, here is a more detailed explanation of the virus :

FACEBOOK users are under attack from a virus sweeping through the online social network.

The virus is technically a trojan worm that disguises itself as an email from facebookmail.com.

People are enticed to click on a misspelled video or picture link that directs to a malicious web site.

The worm spreads its tentacles by emailing everyone on the victim’s friend list.

According to anti-virus software company Symantec, the trojan works by executing a worm called W32.Koobface.A that searches for cookies on the user’s machine.

If the worm finds the appropriate Facebook cookie, it modifies the users account settings and profile - adding links to malicious sites to trick others into installing the invader.

Facebook discussion boards talk about the trojan directing users to a page which looks like YouTube.

The phony page asks the user to install a video player upgrade.

Installing the fake upgrade allows the worm to work its magic and access files on the victim’s machine while destroying their Facebook account.

Facebook has begun combating the virus by deactivating link when it can.

Facebook has not released an official comment regarding the attack.

that's about the short of it. it was on myspace for a while too. but facebook seemed more vulnerable.

Me Too Cindy--and well I know it exisists, but just barely----and I like it that way--sometimes ignorance IS bliss, HUH???

I'm addicted to facebook too lol I've noticed some friends have weird links (you can sort of tell they're spam) like: clikc to loose 2" off your waist in a week or something. I don't open the emails I get from facebook, I just delete them because I on FB most of the time, and the notification bar on the bottom right has everything. Facebook is great when it comes to contacting friends and keeping in touch

I'm a total, pathetic FB addict. I always have it open.. And I have games on there that I have to play everyday........I rarely go on myspace anymore....I've been converted.

It's not a virus... It's people not paying attention to the domain name they're logging into...

Basically, you get a message saying you have to click X link to recieve an attachment, when you do you get redirected to a fake webpage which looks nearly identicle to the standard facebook page. When logging in you submit your information to the owner of this fake page and they in turn send the message on to all of your friends...

same thing was on My space a while back,, One just has to pay attention to detail and be careful,,

Okie-dokie....I won't be worrying about this much since I don't click on too many new things. Current obsession: Hatchlings which is an online egg hunt. I'm ranked 17th in my network right now but they are resetting everything tomorrow to make it a level playing field again. I LOVE facebook! I have been able to get re-acquainted with sooo many old friends with it.

I love Facebook and go there all the time
i have alot of the egss u hunt for
1430 in hunting them, I love it and alot of my
pogo friends are there too. and I go to My Space too
and have ton's of pic there