Monday, May 16, 2011
Don't be too quick to click on links claiming to "Enable Dislike Button" on Facebook, as a fast-spreading scam has caused problems for social networking users this weekend.Messages claiming to offer the opposite to a like button have been appearing on many Facebook users' walls:
The scammers have managed to wall post Facebook's security to replace the standard "Share" option with a link labeled "Enable Dislike Button".
The fact that the "Enable Dislike Button" link does not appear in the main part of the message, but lower down alongside "Link" and "Comment", is likely to fool some users into believing that it is genuine.
Clicking on the link, however, will not only forward the fake message about the so-called "Fakebook Dislike button" to all of your online friends by posting it to your profile, but also run obfuscated Javascript on your computer.
The potential for malice should be obvious. But it remains something that many Facebook users would like, and so scammers have often used the offer of a "Dislike button" as bait for the unwary.
Here's another example that is spreading, attempting to trick you into pasting JavaScript into your browser's address bar, before leading you to an application scam or a survey scam:
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But you still haven't at this point been given a "Dislike" Facebook button, and the rogue application requires you to complete an online survey (which makes money for the spammers)
Add this Firefox browser add-on for all fake , spam & scam button developed by spammers and protect your system from all other fake/virus infected websites.
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