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07/05/2016
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by John Kurtz
For TechTudo
A new virus that spreads through Facebook has infected more than 10,000 people two days after being released at the end of June, most of them in Brazil and other Latin American countries. According to Kaspersky Antivirus, phishing attack propagates through notifications markings on comments from friends on the social network by installing infected versions of Chrome on Windows computers and extensions that block connection to security sites.
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Blow on Facebook low unwanted files that contaminates profile on the social network (Photo: Playback / Kaspersky Lab)
According to Kaspersky Lab, the infection process occurred in two stages. The first began at the time the user clicks the notification. At this moment, a malicious file closed the browser by installing a malicious version that opened a page that mimics the Facebook login to cause the victim to provide your login credentials (username and password).
The second stage begins after login, in which the session of the social network was controlled in the background and a new file downloaded to change the privacy settings on the social network, extract account data and manipulate it to other activities such as theft identity, fraudulent engagement with content and changing the profile on a disseminator of malware - replicating the post with the link to download the virus on the computer in the feed of the victim.
Brazil is the most affected country
Data Kaspersky Lab showed that Brazil was the country most affected by phishing attacks, with 37% of cases. Next are Poland, Peru, Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Greece, Portugal, Tunisia, Venezuela, Germany and Israel, the latter being the country where the source of the problem was detected.
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The attack was designed to work only on computers and laptops that use Windows. Therefore, devices such as smartphones and tablets do not run the risk of being infected. The exception would be phones with Windows Phone, which can be contaminated on rare opportunities.
Brazil was the country that was infected by scam on Facebook (Photo: Playback / Kaspersky Lab)
According to Kaspersky Lab, phishing works thanks to a flaw in Facebook on which social network would have been informed and corrected. This type of attack is different from other similar, it does not involve any suspicious text, only a notification that infects the computer automatically.
The recommendation for users who were victims of the attack is to check the Chrome Extensions list and delete the ones you do not use or do not remember installing. This particular blow install a plugin called thnudoaitawxjvuGB, which allows Facebook account control and blocks access to security sites and anti-virus.
How to know if I was infected?
Some signs of infection, in addition to reporting on the social network, is a sudden closure of the browser that, when restarted, it is not recognized as the standard, in addition to the new extension installation.
To avoid falling victim to similar attacks, suspicious of any suggested download to enhance the use of a tool you already operates smoothly, as the Facebook or YouTube and avoid downloading suspicious font files via links in notifications or pop-windows up. If you are receiving notifications from infected friends, tell them about the malware so that it can remove the virus from Facebook.
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