As far as malware tricks go, this one is pretty diabolical. Over the weekend, Facebook users started receiving messages saying friends had tried to view their profile but were unable to do so. The message prompts the user to install a third party app, oddly titled “Error Check System.”
The actual Sophos’s Graham Cluley, “and everyone should remember that Facebook does not approve applications before they are made available on their site. You really are putting your trust in complete strangers when you add that next application to your Facebook profile.”
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