Koobface

January 26, 2012 Create or Manage Your Profile Webopedia Daily Koobface The name given to a computer worm that uses Facebook's messaging system to infect PCs in an attempt to gather sensitive information such as credit card numbers. Koobface propagates by sending notes to Facebook friends of someone whose PC has been infected. The messages, with subject headers like, "You look just awesome in this new movie," direct recipients to a Web site where they are asked to download what it claims is an update of Adobe Systems Inc's Flash player. If they download the software, users end up with an infected computer, which then takes users to contaminated sites when they try to use search engines from Google, Yahoo, MSN and Live.com, according McAfee. The Koobface virus also attacks users of the MySpace social networking site. Variants of the worm include Net-Worm.Win32.Koobface.a. and Net-Worm.Win32.Koobface.b. See also "Facebook Hit With 'Koobface' Virus" on SmallBusinessComputing.com. Previous Terms-of-the-Day Term of the Day Google Gadget  Term of the Day on Twitter  Video White Paper: Stop Babysitting Your Applications Sponsored by UC4 Most applications, databases, and tools still rely heavily on background (batch) processing to support their intended outcomes or maintenance. Over 50% of all application processing still occurs in IT operations using background processing. This video discusses how application automation provides your organization standardized, stable, and repeatable integrations to any new application, database, or tool that is introduced. Click Here >>    Video White Paper: Stop Babysitting Your Applications    Critical IT Security Protection--Build, Monitor and Defend Your Company    The Social CRM Playbook    White Paper: Mission-Critical Java Job Title: C / C++ Architect-software-API High-Performance UNIX or Windows Programming Company: WSI Nationwide, Inc. Location: US-NY-New York Webopedia is on Facebook, Let's connect! Webopedia is on Facebook, are you? Let's connect! Join more than 7,000 Webopedia friends on Facebook and interact with the site's editors, post messages on the "Webopedia Wall," plus add comments on term definitions, articles, discuss technology and even suggest topics for inclusion in Webopedia. You are subscribed to an ITBusinessEdge.com newsletter as ignoble.experiment@arconati.us. To unsubscribe from this newsletter, please click here. If you wish to be removed from all of our future emails, please click here. To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: ITBusinessEdge a property of QuinStreet, Inc. Attn: Newsletter Subscription Dept. 950 Tower Lane, 6th Floor Foster City, CA 94404 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.