xBettyBoopx
23-03-10, 18:47
For those who have a facebook account, please beware of a virus:
MESSAGES APPEARING TO COME FROM FRIENDS ON YOUR FACEBOOK AND MY SPACE DIRECT YOU TO VIEW A VIDEO ON YOU TUBE DO NOT CLICK ON LINK TO VIEW ,IT IS A VIRUS AND WILL TAKE YOUR PERSONAL INFO AND WILL SHUT DOWN YOUR COMPUTER .
YOUR FRIENDS DID NOT SEND IT!!!
According to Snopes it will take you to a fake you tube site and ask you to install an Adobe Flash plug-in to view the video. That's when it downloads the virus. Here's the link to Snopes.
YOU CAN READ ABOUT IT HERE
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/youtube.asp
THERE IS A VIRUS SPREADING LIKE WILDFIRE ON FACEBOOK. SNOPES JUST CONFIRMED. IT IS A TROJAN WORM VIRUS. IT WILL STEAL INFO, INFEST YOUR SYSTEM AND SHUT IT DOWN. DO NOT OPEN THE LINK.
Els
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MESSAGES APPEARING TO COME FROM FRIENDS ON YOUR FACEBOOK AND MY SPACE DIRECT YOU TO VIEW A VIDEO ON YOU TUBE DO NOT CLICK ON LINK TO VIEW ,IT IS A VIRUS AND WILL TAKE YOUR PERSONAL INFO AND WILL SHUT DOWN YOUR COMPUTER .
YOUR FRIENDS DID NOT SEND IT!!!
According to Snopes it will take you to a fake you tube site and ask you to install an Adobe Flash plug-in to view the video. That's when it downloads the virus. Here's the link to Snopes.
YOU CAN READ ABOUT IT HERE
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/youtube.asp
THERE IS A VIRUS SPREADING LIKE WILDFIRE ON FACEBOOK. SNOPES JUST CONFIRMED. IT IS A TROJAN WORM VIRUS. IT WILL STEAL INFO, INFEST YOUR SYSTEM AND SHUT IT DOWN. DO NOT OPEN THE LINK.
Els
xxx