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Rogue
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Facebook VirusThought I would post this here for everyone who uses Facebook.
| Quote: | Warning to all Facebook users: a new virus is going around that appears to infect the Facebook users' Friends lists. It sends out an email message with a link that asks you to download a plug-in to view a video. One word: don't.
Already more than a dozen times today I've received this email message, or a variation of it, from Facebook "friends":
Jeff sent you a message.
Subject: Hey friend. "You've been catched on hidden cam, yo."
As with any other email you receive within Facebook, users will get this message in their Facebook email inbox as well as their default email program, such as Outlook or Outlook Express.
Following this messages is a long URL (website address) that, when clicked, takes you to what appears to be a YouTube video. This is not YouTube. When you click the video to begin, a message pops up and says you first need to download a newer Flash player to play the video. Do not do this. It's a virus.
Symantec's Norton Antivirus software has flagged this as a "high risk" Infostealer.Gampass virus. More info on this particular Trojan vius is here. (Note: Symantec warns the risk level is "low," since it originated in 2006, but this new Facebook email is a new iteration of the same virus.)
You might be inclined to click on this link because it's from a friend, but they did not intentionally send it to you -- and yes, their Facebook photo is attached, too.
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I've had an email several times today from someone on my friends list, but I don't open links that look dodgy.
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Boo
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Theres also something like that not just in the inbox's, its being posted on peoples walls too.
I've had two, things saying like 'someone has a big crush on you, visit it on www...' etc.
Wise to warn people though Buns 
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stealth fan
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| Boo wrote: | Theres also something like that not just in the inbox's, its being posted on peoples walls too.
I've had two, things saying like 'someone has a big crush on you, visit it on www...' etc.
Wise to warn people though Buns |
I have had exactly the same thing. These crush messages are a pain, but luckily been fortunate enough, at the moment, to have not recieved the youtube thing.
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Steven Burns
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I love Facebook, sorry to here its ill with a virus isn't it. Hope it gets well very soon. 
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