Facebook Worm Comes From Infected Friends

by Franchise Strategist on December 6, 2008

The Koobface worm has surfaced in a new form and is again menacing Facebook users with spammed links to malicious Web sites.
By Thomas Claburn
InformationWeek
December 5, 2008 02:30 PM

The Koobface worm, detected on Facebook and MySpace in July by Kaspersky Lab, has surfaced in a new form and is again menacing Facebook users with spammed links to malicious Web sites that appear to come from friends.
Facebook says the worm’s impact is minimal. "Only a very small percentage of Facebook users have been affected, and we’re working quickly
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