Surfing the internet is a fad, a burgeoning tool use by millions of people around the world, but in the same way that you shouldn’t go out in a war without a pistol or ride a motor without a helmet, you shouldn’t venture online without basic precautions.
The scammers have replaced the “Share” option with a link labelled “== VERIFY MY ACCOUNT ==”. Clicking this not only activates the Share option (which you no longer realise you’re pressing), but also invokes a raft of heavily obfuscated JavaScript from a site in the .info domain. (This site is blocked by the web protection software in Sophos’s endpoint and web gateway products.)
The message is linked at first glance on Youtube, but after a closer look it actually points to a website similarly named to the most popular video sharing site. Looking further it has a domain extension ending in “.in” which is an indian extension.
Scammers, malware and clikjacking are beginning to stomp their way on FB and many users are falling prey to the scam. Here is the real score why you should not believe “Want to see who has viewed your Facebook profile?”
Malware Warning: Do not click or like the Osama Bin Laden death video on Facebook to avoid the infection!
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