Facebook
users are being warned about a new application on the social networking site
that contains adware.
'Secret Crush' contains a download of the Zango adware program which
automatically sends itself to five friends.
It has already infected three per cent of Facebook users, over one million
computers, according to security firm
Fortinet.
"People are now developing Facebook 'platform applications' for profit rather
than just for fun, but this does not mean that all widgets are going to be
malicious," said Guillaume Lovet, manager of Fortinet's European Threat Response
Team.
"Honest ways to generate profits exist on Facebook, but users must use common
sense and protection to avoid being scammed and abused."
Lovet warned that social networking sites are fast becoming dangerous places,
and that users who are unaware or run unpatched browsers are increasingly at
risk.
The adware has spread quickly because people are more willing to install new
applications on Facebook, something they are learning not to do with email
attachments.
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