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Old 11-11-2009, 05:57 PM
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Default Botnet’s New Component Imitates Human Facebook Users

another problem -

http://cyberinsecure.com/botnets-new...acebook-users/

a snippet of the info -
[Koobface accomplishes these malicious activities by automating Internet Explorer to perform the task of creating and registering an account. However, it does not proceed and will terminate the process if the affected user is using Internet Explorer 6. Moreover, it employs a check if it has already reached the maximum friend requests set by Facebook or not. Hence, it keeps itself under the radar and does not cause any alarm to Facebook administrators.

The messages posted through Facebook’s wall contain a link that leads to the usual fake Facebook or YouTube page hosting the Koobface loader component.

Facebook users are advised to be careful and security conscious. For more tips on using Facebook, users may opt to visit Facebook’s safety and security pages: http://www.facebook.com/safety and http://www.facebook.com/security.]
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