New Virus Password Thieves Facebook users

The Facebook spammers currently meets the internet with messages that have been contaminated with the virus. Estimated, the virus threatening about 400 million Facebook users all over in the world in targeting to steal bank passwords and collecting other sensitive information. Email tells the recipient that the Facebook acount password have been reset, and tell to click on "attachment" to obtain permission "new login", explained by McAfee Inc the anti-virus software maker

If the attachment is opened, then some kind of malicious software will be download automatic, including the steals passwords program, McAfee said this week.
The hacker has been targeting Facebook users, and send them messages contaminated by internal electronic mail system owned by the company's own social network. With the new attack, they use regular internet e-mail to spread malicious software.

Facebook representatives said that the company could not comment on specific cases, but stated improvement status submitted by the that company and warned Facebook users to delete the electronic mail and warn their friends.

McAfee warns that the hackers send tens of millions the spam to the whole of Europe, the United States and Asia since the action began last tuesday March 30th. Dave Marcus, McAfee's Director of Communications and Malware Research Affairs, said he expected the hackers will succeed to infect millions of computers.

"With Facebook as your allure, as many as 400 million people potentially click on the attachment. If only 10 percent successful, then 40 million people become virus victims," he said. Writing in an e-mail reads "Facebook password reset confirmation customer support", Marcus said.