A new virus is currently circulating at Facebook. Users of the popular social network should avoid clicking on a link that "serves" a video of a woman taking off her clothes. The trap address aims to install a virus that will steal all of the victim's personal data.
The company security Bitdefender εξέδωσε προnotice in relation to malicious software, which he believes was developed in Albania.
The link is designed to look like a video on YouTube, but someone clicks it to websites that try to install malicious software they display as an update to Adobe Flash.
“Scammers have created over 20.000 malicious URLs that redirect their victims to malicious websites by offering a fake enticing video on YouTube, showing a woman taking off her clothes in front of a camera,” said Bitdefender Chief Security Analyst Catalin Cosoi.
"The video seems to play for a few seconds to get more users to click. "Malware developers have changed the number of views, so the video seems to have been watched by over a million users."
Hackers used Bit.ly short URLs to cover the malicious addresses of the websites that drive their victims, and Bitdefender says it has informed the company about the issue.
Once installed, the malicious software Trojan.Agent.BDYV it can work in Chrome and Firefox browsers, make its presence felt by tagging the victim's friends on Facebook. Not only that, but it also prevents infected users from deleting the malicious messages it has posted on Timeline their.
