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BOSTON (Reuters) - Facebook's 120 million users are being targeted by a virus dubbed "Koobface" that uses the social network's messaging system to infect PCs, then tries to gather sensitive information such as credit card numbers.
It is the latest attack by hackers increasingly looking to prey on users of social networking sites.
"A few other viruses have tried to use Facebook in similar ways to propagate themselves," Facebook spokesman Barry Schnitt said in an e-mail. He said a "very small percentage of users" had been affected by these viruses.
"It is on the rise, relative to other threats like e-mails," said Craig Schmugar, a researcher with McAfee Inc.
Koobface spreads by sending notes to friends of someone whose PC has been infected. The messages, with subject headers like, "You look just awesome in this new movie," direct recipients to a website where they are asked to download what it claims is an update of Adobe Systems Inc's Flash player.
If they download the software, users end up with an infected computer, which then takes users to contaminated sites when they try to use search engines from Google, Yahoo, MSN and Live.com, according McAfee.
McAfee warned in a blog entry on Wednesday that its researchers had discovered that Koobface was making the rounds on Facebook.
Facebook requires senders of messages within the network to be members and hides user data from people who do not have accounts, said Chris Boyd, a researcher with FaceTime Security Labs. Because of that, users tend to be far less suspicious of messages they receive in the network.
"People tend to let their guard down. They think you've got to log in with an account, so there is no way that worms and other viruses could infect them," Boyd said.
Social network MySpace, owned by News Corp, was hit by a version of Koobface in August and used security technology to eradicate it, according to a company spokeswoman. The virus has not cropped up since then, she said.
Privately held Facebook has told members to delete contaminated e-mails and has posted directions at www.facebook.com/security on how to clean infected computers.
Richard Larmer, chief executive of RLM Public Relations in New York, said he threw out his PC after it became infected by Koobface, which downloaded malicious software onto his PC. It was really bad. It destroyed my computer," he said.
McAfee has not yet identified the perpetrators behind Koobface, who are improving the malicious software behind the virus in a bid to outsmart security at Facebook and MySpace.
"The people behind it are updating it, refining it, adding new functionalities," said McAfee's Schmugar.
(Reporting by Jim Finkle, Additional reporting by Emily Kaiser; Editing by Toni Reinhold)

(BARRISTER YUSUFU PETER & COUNSELORS AT LAW)
69 BP 875 AKPAKPA DODOMEY
COTONOU REPUBLIC OF BENIN.

Dearest Friend ,

I have been waiting for you since to come down here and pick your Bank Draft but did not heard from you since that time ,then I went and deposited the Draft with GLOBAL MAX DELIVERY COMPANY here in Benin Republic, because I travelled to Paraguay to see my boss and will not come back till next month end. You have to contact the GLOBAL MAX DELIVERY COMPANY to know when they will deliver your package .I have paid for the delivering charges and insurance fee.

The only money you have to send to them is there security keeping fee which is $93.00 Us Dollars to received your package .Don't be deceived by any body This is there Contact Address Contact Dr.Samuel Obinna, Director GLOBAL MAX DELIVERY COMPANY Benin Republic.
E-mail;(glomaxbeninrepublic111@yahoo.fr) Phone number +229-930-61-066.

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Your Full Name-----------------------
Your Address---------------------------
Home telephone---------------------
Office telephone---------------------
Your draft registration number ---------EM 5207439

Send this to them to avoid any mistake in the delivering. Let me know as soon as you receive your Draft from the company.

Best Regards
Barr.Yusufu Peter

UNITED NATIONS FUNDS CLEARANCE AUTHORITY INTERNATIONAL CLEARANCE & CERTIFICATION DEPT.
125 HOLMEAD RD, PADDINGTON, SW6 2JD
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.
PRIVATE EMAIL: mrs_awele@yahoo.com.hk

Attn: Beneficiary,

This is to notify all Benefactors that the United Nations Funds Clearance Authority (UNFCA). Has embarked on an immediate payment of all International dept own to Foreign Benefactor. This was done In view of the recent G8 meeting and several Financial Summit organized by the Commonwealth in conjunction with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), London Investigation Department, European Union, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, African Union Financial Regulatory Office (AUFRO) and all other related International Financial Communities regarding the issue of maintaining standard Financial Stability and Legitimacy of Funds Movement across all continents of the world.

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1. Your full names /Address
2. Phone and fax numbers.
3. Your next of Kin

Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Favour Lee.

They now add pictures????