Koobface Virus Resurges, Threatens Facebook Users
Posted November 19, 2009 – 04:00 in: Silivrenion, syndicated
The Koobface virus hit the internet a few years back, but has already started rebounding with new vigilance. Short story: Don’t click links you don’t trust!
The virus operates by hijacking people’s Facebook accounts and sending a message to all of their friends with a fake video link. The link is often encoded by a short URL service, such as bit.ly.
Upon clicking the link, the web browser informs you that you must download a player to play the movie. The download isn’t actually a player at all, but the main part of the virus. Once a user is infected, the computer is watched by the Koobface botnet. Keyloggers check key inputs for credit card numbers, sending the data back to the central server. Additionally, web search loggers are also installed.
The virus installs repropagation code that will silently message all of your Facebook contacts a new link to become infected.
Koobface may be able to be removed by Malwarebytes or SuperAntiSpyware, however many of the newer viruses will not allow those programs to run. If this is happening, only a specially coded program will be able to remove the virus.
The moral of this story is not to click links you don’t trust online! Always ask if the link is legitimate before clicking it.
Via Silivrenion from The Silver Onion
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