Hackers dupe Facebook users with fake ‘dislike’ button

Peter Amsel
August 18, 2010
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Hackers-Facebook-Dislike-ButtonIn one of the more shrewd attempts at spreading online mayhem, hackers are preying on the eagerness of social networkers to express their contempt for something. Online security firms are warning Facebook users to avoid clicking on anything to do with a ‘dislike’ button, as it’s a bogus bit of (relatively harmless) malware that will soon have you involuntarily spamming your entire friend list with unwanted messages. And they’ll ‘dislike’ that. To read more about this phenomenon and similar scams, click here.

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