The battle continues. As new services become popular, the scammers and exploiters move in. Koobface Virus Now Loose on Twitter

Koobface, an infamous virus that has previously been a big problem on Facebook, MySpace (MySpace), and other social networks, is now spreading its wings to Twitter (Twitter). Like previous virsues that have been spread via Twitter, the way to get infected with this one is to follow a link.

[...] It first shows you what appears to be a YouTube (YouTube) video (on a page and URL that resembles YouTube). And, like occasionally the case with YouTube videos, you’re then asked to upgrade your Flash player.

However ... If you run them, you become infected with the virus, and when you login to Twitter, the virus can automatically start tweeting out the malicious link. The tweets spreading the link may look like this, with the text “my home video,” so be sure to avoid following them:

Twitter ... has been temporarily suspending accounts that are spreading the link. ... If your account has been suspended because of this, you should be receiving an email from Twitter. Meanwhile, if you think you might be infected, Trend Micro already has a fix.

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