Facebook users have been warned about a scam which encourages you to click on a link leading to the 'sexiest video ever', but in fact installs malware on the computer.
Thousands of users on the social networking site have been targeted by the new scam which posts a link to a video on a user's newsfeed, addressing the user by name, and then leads to an installation program.
The link reads: 'This is without doubt the sexiest video ever! :P :P :P' and is accompanied by a video entitled 'Candid Camera Prank [HQ]', featuring shots of a busty woman in a bikini and short skirt.
Facebook users are encouraged to click on a 'sexiest video ever' link, which then leads them to download malware
The user is tricked into believing they are downloading a new version of a popular video program, when in fact they are downloading the malware.
The file downloaded also appears to contain adware Hotbar - a toolbar which appears in Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer.
Graham Cluely from security software developer Sophos said: 'Judging by the number of messages posted on Facebook, thousands of people received this attack.
'If you were one of them, you should scan your computer with an up-to-date anti-virus, change your passwords, review your Facebook application settings, and learn not to be so quick as to fall for a simple social engineering trick like this in future.'
Once the link has been clicked on, it is then posted on that user's newsfeed - causing the virus to spread virally throughout the website.
Thousands of users on the social networking site have been targeted by the new scam which posts a link to a video on a user's newsfeed, addressing the user by name, and then leads to an installation program.
The link reads: 'This is without doubt the sexiest video ever! :P :P :P' and is accompanied by a video entitled 'Candid Camera Prank [HQ]', featuring shots of a busty woman in a bikini and short skirt.
Facebook users are encouraged to click on a 'sexiest video ever' link, which then leads them to download malwareThe user is tricked into believing they are downloading a new version of a popular video program, when in fact they are downloading the malware.
The file downloaded also appears to contain adware Hotbar - a toolbar which appears in Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer.
Graham Cluely from security software developer Sophos said: 'Judging by the number of messages posted on Facebook, thousands of people received this attack.
'If you were one of them, you should scan your computer with an up-to-date anti-virus, change your passwords, review your Facebook application settings, and learn not to be so quick as to fall for a simple social engineering trick like this in future.'
Once the link has been clicked on, it is then posted on that user's newsfeed - causing the virus to spread virally throughout the website.
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