Related News: Facebook porn: Malware warning over video

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. BBC News published an article titled Facebook porn: Malware warning over video.

The latest threat to users involves a fake Flash Player update which pops up during a preview of a pornographic video.

Once you click on the link to update your video player, malware (the name given to malicious software), downloads onto your computer.

This Trojan horse software gives the creator of the malware remote access to your computer.

They can then download viruses onto your computer.

Source: BBC News

Related News: Is there a Rihanna sex tape? No, it’s a malware scam on Facebook

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. The Guardian published an article titled Is there a Rihanna sex tape? No, it’s a malware scam on Facebook.

There is no sex tape of Rihanna and her boyfriend doing the rounds online. You can’t see who’s been looking at your Facebook profile. And you can’t change your Facebook colour either.

This may all sound obvious, but according to antivirus firm Bitdefender, these are the most popular malware scams on the social network in 2014.

The company has published a list of the top 10 Facebook scams, with the fake app promising to tell you your Facebook views and visitors by far the most popular, accounting for 30.2% of bogus links it identified on the social network this year.

Source: The Guardian