Sunday, August 14, 2011

Koobface - How to Remove Koobface?

"Koobface" is a kind of worm. With the increasingly large group of social network users, Koobface worm spreads crazily among Facebook users, so people also name it as Facebook worm. However, the name "Facebook worm" will soon be the past, because this worm has leaped out of the fence of Facebook, and madly sprung to other social network, such as Bebo, MySpace, Friendster, MyYearbook, and Blackplanet, etc.

Koobface Worm Description:

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Once the Windows system gets infected by the Koobface worm, the worm will leave word on the page of Friends Profile. It may post some strange spam message: "Where are you?', "It is unforgettable! You look just awesome in this movie!" People who receive these messages may be puzzled: can the guys really see me in the Video? Then, they can help to clicking on the website link left in the messages.

Actually, these links will lead people to other page out of the website, and pretend to provide you a video from YouTube but need you to download a latest version of Adobe Flash Player in order to further watch the video. Then, if you click on the install button, you are right into the trap. After being compromised, people will be redirect to other malicious or compromised website, which will lead to many security problems, such as Identity being stolen, etc. And, the searched words are redirected for other results and can be used for click fraud and ads hijacking.

Social Network Will Become a Parasitic Location for Koobface.

Koobface may be not the first malicious software to attack social network, the wide extent of its spread, however, is unprecedented.

Koobface has created a great panic among computer users. What people most concern, is not that this worm can spread itself - this has been a normal feature for a malicious program - but that the way it spreads scare people. In recent years, people have paid high attention to the unknown links and attachments in an email. However, the worm producers have also find out a new place where people live - Social Network. People here not only have no alertness but also feel very safe, so that the worm can be seen flooding over the network now.

How to Remove Koobface Worm?

To prevent Koobface worm, we need to have a good habit from our daily use of the computer. Do not click on any unreliable links; do not open any unknown email. As to the strange message in social network, you need to judge yourself whether it is true or not. If you want to better protect your computer, it is highly recommended to install the antivirus/anti-spyware Spyware Cease on your computer.

Koobface - How to Remove Koobface?

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