New Facebook worm spotted
A second worm is targeting Facebook users, according to security company Sophos.
The new worm posts a message on users ‘comment wall' which, if clicked, will download a Trojan to the user's PC. The comment on the message wall is disguised to look like it comes from one of the user's friends, and directs to a video on a fake Google site. When the user clicks on the link, a picture of a medieval jester is shown, and the Trojan automatically downloads.
The worm is thought to be different to the attack on Facebook and MySpace which Kaspersky Lab issued a warning about last week.
Sophos did not detail what the downloaded Trojan does, nor did the company give details on how to remove it, although Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos, said in a statement that the ongoing attacks may mean a change to corporate policies regarding Facebook.
