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facebook worm Alert: Koobface Facebook Worm Returns

Dubbed WORM_KOOBFACE.AZ, the Facebook worm has returned.  We haven't seen it since late last year.

This new form of the worm is a bit sneakier than before.  It will seek out all of your Facebook friends and spam them with invitations to watch a certain video.

The link to the video will take victims to a website, where they are asked to update their version of the Adobe Flash Player plugin to view the clip.

Savvy websurfers already know that this is a red flag.  The so-called "update" that the user downloads is actually loaded with a Trojan, which will then be used to create a a back-door on infected computers running Windows.

If you feel you may have been exposed, it is imperative that you scan your computer here now.

The following sites are known to be already under malware attack, so be careful if you receive a video invitation:

- facebook
- hi5
- friendster
- myyearbook
- myspace
- bebo
- tagged
- netlog
- fubar
- livejournal

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