On Thursday (01/10), the leading antivirus vendor, AVG Technologies, has found a number of profiles on Facebook are identified through the LinkScanner service. Some profiles are in fact the same, only different names and each link in it represents as a home video, but stored inside a fake antivirus warning when the link is clicked.
These scam designed to deceive users who must pay these fake antivirus software when they do not need it. That attack was used to obtain credit card information from victims to crime and often then trying to install spyware on the victim’s computer.
The Fake link has now been blacklisted by most web browsers. According to Facebook spokesperson, Simon Axten, his department has blocked the URL
of the site share features, while Facebook is still identifying all the fake accounts and then disable the account. In the meantime, do not agree with Axten AVG speculation about Captcha system on Facebook was breaking suspected.
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