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Old 19-05-2011, 18:03   #1
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Beware Dislike button on Facebook

There is a scam link doing the rounds on Facebook claiming to enable a dislike button. Do not go near it as it will run obfuscated javascript and could end up with you being served malware.

More info http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011...ake-watch-out/
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Old 19-05-2011, 21:06   #2
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Re: Beware Dislike button on Facebook

yeah i clicked this myself, luckily avg blocked the page

they do make some pretty convincing viruses, obviously i could tell it wasnt my mate sending me the message as it was grammatically correct, but the enable dislike button was pretty good
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Old 19-05-2011, 21:26   #3
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Re: Beware Dislike button on Facebook

It's quite an old story

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10987725
http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2010...reads-virally/
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Re: Beware Dislike button on Facebook

kymmy, there completely different, before it was a dodgy app, or fan page, now it looks like an official dislike button

this:




is completely different to this:

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Old 20-05-2011, 08:00   #5
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Re: Beware Dislike button on Facebook

Still the same story though.. Facebook does not do an official dislike button and the current ones are mainly scams.. Same advice now for people to avoid them as it was in August..

Even Sophos has linked the stories as related
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Re: Beware Dislike button on Facebook

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Even Sophos has linked the stories as related
they are similar, i.e about the same subject, but they are wildly different scams

either way, stay away
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Old 20-05-2011, 16:38   #7
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Re: Beware Dislike button on Facebook

A scam is a scam, hopefully the fact that it's happened twice using the same "dislike button" it might actually stop people installing it.. But then again as Facebook seems to be populated by people who want every app under the sun I won't hold my breath..

What next a fake "report a scam" button
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Re: Beware Dislike button on Facebook

i have sent the warnings out to my friends
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