Koobface virus making rounds on Facebook: McAfee

December 5, 2008

A new variant of a virus known as Koobface is making the rounds on the Facebook social network, a security software firm warned this week.

A new variant of a virus known as Koobface is making the rounds on the Facebook social network, a security software firm warned this week.

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• paulthebassguy - Dec 05, 2008
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  I'm not surprised, although there have also been heaps of dodgy applications on facebook for a while now (this problem is not just restricted to the emails).
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• KBK - Dec 06, 2008
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  Aluminum siding salesmen, Dodgy car dealers, roofing scams, and assholes like Cicero in Ancient Rome have been around for a long time and are thriving quite nicely in modern times and politics,as we can sadly see. Gullible monkeys are everywhere.
  
  The problem is, their susceptibility to stupidity affects those of us who have moved beyond such things.
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• bmcghie - Dec 07, 2008
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  KBK: True enough. If you're stupid enough to click on a link that is so obviously spam... deal with your frakked up harddrive that results. This is basic computer common sense.
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