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08-01-08, 04:10 PM
Military issues warning about Facebook virus
Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Saturday, August 2, 2008
U.S. military officials are warning against a new e-mail virus that draws its victims by alleging the FBI is targeting one of the most popular social networking Web sites.
The e-mail mentions "F.B.I. vs. facebook" and supplies a link that allows malicious software named "Storm Worm" to infect the victim's computer or other Internet-connected device, according to a warning posted on the U.S. Forces Korea Web site on Thursday.
The victim is also linked into a "network comprised of machines under the control of a single user," who often conducts "criminal activity such as spam e-mail, identity theft, denial of service attacks, and spreading malware to other machines on the Internet," according to the warning.
People who receive the fraudulent e-mails should file a complaint at www.ic3.gov.
Ellie
Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Saturday, August 2, 2008
U.S. military officials are warning against a new e-mail virus that draws its victims by alleging the FBI is targeting one of the most popular social networking Web sites.
The e-mail mentions "F.B.I. vs. facebook" and supplies a link that allows malicious software named "Storm Worm" to infect the victim's computer or other Internet-connected device, according to a warning posted on the U.S. Forces Korea Web site on Thursday.
The victim is also linked into a "network comprised of machines under the control of a single user," who often conducts "criminal activity such as spam e-mail, identity theft, denial of service attacks, and spreading malware to other machines on the Internet," according to the warning.
People who receive the fraudulent e-mails should file a complaint at www.ic3.gov.
Ellie