The government has warned the users of social networking sites such as Facebook, Myspace and Twitter of a virus that is spreading through these sites targeting the members.
Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), under the Department of Information Technology, the apex body that monitors Internet security threats in the country, said a new worm 'Koobface' is propagating through social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, hi5, Bebo and Twitter.
CERT said the virus is spreading by sending spam containing a message with a link to a video to people on these sites.
The virus is particularly dangerous as it uses the infected machine to target other systems and distribute additional malware, generate 'pay per click' advertising revenue and steal sensitive data, CERT said on its website.
Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), under the Department of Information Technology, the apex body that monitors Internet security threats in the country, said a new worm 'Koobface' is propagating through social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, hi5, Bebo and Twitter.
CERT said the virus is spreading by sending spam containing a message with a link to a video to people on these sites.
The virus is particularly dangerous as it uses the infected machine to target other systems and distribute additional malware, generate 'pay per click' advertising revenue and steal sensitive data, CERT said on its website.
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