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Koobface warning for hacker "BARACK OBAMA CLINTON SCANDAL" (Trojan Worm Virus) associated with "SMARTGRRL15".
DENY ACCESS. DO NOT ALLOW UNLESS YOU WANT A VIRUS!
Sue,
Please read the entire Snopes article, particularly the last paragraph,
wherein you will see that the two phrases used to create the current
scare are completely bogus. Koobface must be downloaded and executed
and is not malicious enough so as to shut down the PC… in fact, it needs
the PC in order to propagate. Koobface has been with us on social networking
sites for several years. I can offer no reason for the current, maddening craze
with which people are once again circulating these bogus, erroneous e-mails.
Facebook posts on anti-virus chat are popping in at the rate on one every two
or three seconds, validating this false claim. Like so many sheep, they have not
bothered to research the truth. All Snopes claim is real, is 'koobface' itself.
http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2010/07/13/truth-…
http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2010/05/14/smartg…
Cheers,
DM
Thanks for clarifying this David Morgan. Appreciate that.