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"Dislike" Button Scam Hits Facebook Users
An anonymous reader writes "A message saying 'I just got the Dislike button, so now I can dislike all of your dumb posts lol!!'
is spreading rapidly on Facebook, tempting unsuspecting users into believing that they will be able to "dislike" posts as well as "like" them.
However, security researchers say that it is just the latest 'survey scam', tricking Facebook users into into giving a rogue Facebook application permission to access their profile, and posting spam messages from their account.
The rogue application requires victims to complete an online survey (which makes money for the scammers) before ultimately redirecting to a Firefox browser add-on for a Facebook dislike button developed by FaceMod.
"As far as we can tell, FaceMod aren't connected with the scam — their browser add-on is simply being used as bait," says Sophos security blogger Graham Cluley."
I have never gotten malware/spyware from an online social site.
Or so you think. It could be that you have caught one of the ~50% of unknown viruses out there via a mere flash/java exploit... and a good one, you'd never know.
"When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back!" -- Cave Johnson
Given that there's a 50% chance that all Gran does is forward teabagger garbage on FB, fuck Gran.
Well, most /. users simply don't have many friends to communicate with while the ones they do have never invite them to any events and never post on their status updates. Furthermore, their families deny all their attempts to friend them and they are still upset from never hearing back from all the beautiful russian women that friended them on MySpace. The emotional pain associated with Facebook is simply too great for them to deal with.
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