Malware attack through Facebook photo tag notification
This is a warning for Facebook users. A fraudulent email is circulating on the Internet claiming to be from Facebook and saying you’ve been tagged in a photo. The email probably looks like this:
On a closer look the email is from “notification @faceboook.com” and not from a “Facebook.com” domain. This is a specially crafted email that is targeting innocent Facebook users. Those who click on the link in the email get redirected to a bogus link that hosts malicious iframe scripts. These scripts take advantage of the Blackhole exploit kit and start infecting the system.
This happens within a few seconds and then the browser gets redirected to the original Facebook website. So the user does not get a hint about any kind of suspicious or malicious activity. In our case, two malicious files got downloaded. These files belong to the Trojan. Redirector family. Malware that belongs to this category has the following characteristics:
- Stays resident in the background
- Changes browser settings
- Shows commercial adverts
- Connects itself to the Internet
Kindly do pay attention while clicking on any link in the email. If you come across such emails do not click on any link present inside. Instead, delete the email and keep your Quick Heal antivirus updated.
29 Comments
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Very very Thank you for this inform us about malware attack through Facebook photo tag notification.
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Excellent article! Btw this virus is not new. I had received one such mail on yahoo couple of years back.
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very useful information! thanks for your timely update!
Thank you very much for this information.
Thanks for your guidance about the security on social networks.
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Rakesh
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in my mail account all days come mail like this (notification+kr4m2eqsyeyx@facebookmail.com). is this fack or virus.
and this is virus how can i protect my identity and pc from this types of mail i have all ready quick heal total security user..
Hi Darpan,
These are fake emails and you should delete them right away if they happen to reach your inbox. Just be alert and keep your system and antivirus updated and you will be fine.
Regards.
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