(WSYR-TV) – Reports on several social media blogs are alerting web surfers to a computer virus that is spreading through social media networks such as Facebook. The virus is disguised as an e-mail notification to reset your password.
The social media blog Mashable reports the virus arrives in the form of an e-mail telling users they have to confirm that their passwords have been reset.
The e-mail contains a trojan horse (nicknamed Bredolab) which, if opened, downloads and executes files from the Internet, such as anti-spyware. The virus is also somewhat sneaky, disabling itself when a program investigates its actions.
The best way to make sure your not infected? If you didn’t request your password from Facebook, there is no reason you should be getting a reset e-mail, so don’t open it. Facebook says it never sends out new password e-mails with attachments.
