I’m surprised that there wasn’t a story like this about Facebook before now. Ah well. Glad they could make it to the “us too” party.
From the Reg UK:
Facebook has become the latest website to be found pushing services that deliver highly deceptive security warnings designed to trick users into buying software.
Purveyors of this scam are making use of Facebook Flyers, small ads that get posted on Facebook pages associated with a specific region. At 5,000 impressions for just $10, it’s a bargain.
We spotted a Flyer targeted at Facebook users in the San Francisco region that purportedly advertised a dating service. When clicked, the ad delivered a warning that our machine could be infected. Those who click through are taken to a site for a product called Malware Alarm which informs their machine is “infected with spyware!” The site then urges the user to download Malware Alarm.
[tags]Facebook, Malware[/tags]