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Facebook users are attacked by malwares
By siliconindia
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Thursday, 25 November 2010, 21:43 IST
Bangalore: The recent statistics released by security firm BitDefender has claimed that approximately 20 percent of all news feeds on Facebook users led to malicious content. The firm arrived at its figures after analyzing data from 14,000 users who had installed its 'Safego' security app.
Facebook has a thriving community of independent developers who have built apps for the social network. The majority of infections were associated with apps written by independent developers, which promised enticements and rewards to trick users into installing the malware. These apps would then either install malware used for spying on users or to send messages containing adverts to the users' contacts.
In a month since its launch, BitDefender also analyzed 17 million posts on the social network. By clicking on infected links in a news feed, the users risk having viruses installed on their computer. Facebook said it already had steps in place to identify and remove malware-containing links. "Once we detect a phony message, we delete all instances of that message across the site," the site said in a statement.