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Written by Chad Kelly
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Wednesday, 07 April 2010 12:45 |
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Now that Facebook is the most-visited site on the Internet, it's a primary target of hackers looking to phish for your personal information. One of the latest scams is a password-stealing virus that comes from Facebook's own e-mail system and contains the Subject line: "Facebook password reset confirmation customer support." It then directs the user to click on Web link or attachment to create a new password for their account. If a person opens the attachment or clicks the Web link in the e-mail, the virus loads onto the system, starts logging all credentials used from that system and sends them to hackers on the Internet to use at their will. To protect your information, do not click on this attachment and if you get this e-mail, delete it immediately from your inbox. And as a general rule, anytime you receive an e-mail requesting that you change your password to an account, do not comply. Most organizations will not use e-mail to communicate the need to change your passwords to their system. These are phishing scams that infect your computer systems with viruses or other unsolicited malware. When in doubt, contact the organization from which the e-mail request came by going directly to their Web site (not through a link in an e-mail) or calling them directly for help.
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