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Court Jester attacks Facebook users
INSECURITY EXPERTS at Sophos are warning that hackers are disseminating messages containing malicious links on Facebook's Wall.
The messages reportedly urge users to watch a video that appears to be hosted on a Google website. Users that attempt to view the purported clip are redirected to http://www.google.com.id.[removed] and instructed to download an executable file to watch the video.
However, a Trojan designated as Troj/Dloadr-BPL is downloaded to the victim's machine instead. Once loaded, the program executes additional malicious code (Troj/Agent-HJX) and displays a laughing court jester with a protruding tongue.
According to Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos, there has been a recent rash of dangerous emails posing as innocent links to videos.
Cluley recommended that businesses defend themselves with a web security and control appliance that will “filter internet access and prevent the downloading of malicious code”. µ
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Or just shoot the idiots that do the below

"instructed to download an executable file to watch the video"
Or hey, just ban the Internet.
or, you could just ban facebook?
Those things happen all the time and everywhere. Every company not running firewalls, web filtering and anti-virus will be put out of business soon enough or learn it the hard way.