BN: Avoid News44.org links at all cost whether on Facebook or Twitter! I was just informed about a dangerous virus attack on Facebook and also in tweets on Twitter using the word News44.org and asking you to check the link.
For the time I do not have much information about how this Facebook Virus (trap) is working but avoid at all cost. From some very brief details I was able to get from some friends, this News44.org can be both a phishing trap as well as contain malicious codes!
So even if you are extremely curious, do avoid this for now. Share this message with your friends so that they do not fall in this trap. I’ll try to gather more information about how this site is functioning and update as soon as possible.
Facebook and Twitter has already been informed about this and tweets containing this word should be eliminated soon. If you have already been infected or think to have been, then clear your cache and cookies. Restart your PC and make a full scan of your system.
Update 1: How News44.org Works
Facebook spam messages and tweets containing message asking users to visit the said site start the whole game. Eg message: “Did you see this in the news?” – And other similar unauthorized messaged supposedly from your friends.
Once you click on this link you are redirected to another site called bonuscashh.com – This site is a fake news website promoting scam and phishing make money online services along with malicious set file included in the link on the page. The link to avoid at all cost is: http://bonuscashh.com/mrx.exe as stated by Norton today.
The website even fakes the copyright data at the bottom. It automatically guess your location and put a copyright notice based on the location from where you are browsing at, to make things appear more genuine.
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Francois Botha
Are all browser vulnerable to this virus? I would be surprised. If you explicitly execute a random .exe file that a server is sending you, then you must pay for your stupidity.
Stuart
I accidentally went to this site about a week ago and now find it very hard to log into my Facebook Account and when I do it says i have 0 friends and its very difficult to talk to any of my friends as it says they're all offline. If anyone knows of a way to delete this thing once and for sure i'd be greatly appreciative
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