Whether it be a virus, trojan horse or worm, adware, badware or scamware, most Internet users are familiar with the notion that some software available online can do harm to both them and their computer. These days people are becoming more cautious and savvy, but as they do so virus creators also up their game.
The creators of the Koobface worm (an anagram of Facebook) have done just that. This piece of code first appeared in 2008 and originally targeted members of social networks. Using an already infected computer as a jump point, Koobface would send messages to an Internet user's Facebook 'friends' which contained links to various material, possibly a video.
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