Facebook still battling Koobface virus
Members of Facebook should be wary of a virus that continues to make the rounds on popular social networking sites.
The virus, known as Koobface, was first detected in July 2008 and became prominent in December. A Facebook spokesman said Tuesday the virus hasn't been eradicated yet, although a small percentage of users have been infected. The virus found its way onto some Chicago Tribune staffers' computers Monday and Tuesday.
The Koobface virus takes over a Facebook account and sends messages to friends. Facebook's automated system generally identifies the messages as spam and deletes them before their recipients see them in their inboxes. However, recipients do get e-mail notifications of these messages, which may say "check out this video of you" or "you should be an actor" and often includes typos.
