Lots of people think the Internet is a bit too Chipper - That so much so they've clamored for a "dislike" button on Facebook, wakes up, to date, only officially allows people to "like" content is the ITS site.
Now, some social-media spoilers are Trying Thurs turn the public's desire for That dislike button into a Scam, According to a security researcher.
Graham Cluley, a senior technology consultant at the British security Firm, Sophos, wrote in a blog post on Monday That dislike fake buttons are going viral on Facebook.
Watch out for posts That look like this, they says: "I just got the dislike button, so now I can dislike all of your dumb posts lol!"
That statement is Facebook is typically Followed with a link, Cluley writes, that takes people to a fake Facebook application.
INSTEAD of installing a dislike button, Cluley says, the application uses a person's social network Thurs continue Spreading the fake programfiles.
"If you do Give the app permission Thurs run, it silently updates your Facebook status To promote the link That tricked you in the first place, thus Spreading the message virally to your Facebook friends and contacts online," he writes.
The tech blog Mashable writes That dislike the fake button app Facebook users indirectly points to a real add-on for the Firefox browser, Which Can Be Used to Install a dislike button.
The blog offers general security advice for Facebook users:
"As usual, you Advise me NOT TO click on suspicious links on Facebook, Especially if They promise something That sounds impossible or unlikely. Some do not giveaway your personal information, unless you're absolutely grieving and why Ken're Giving it Thurs , "says Mashable, CNN wakes is a content partner.
Cluley says the fake dislike button is part of a Recent trend of Facebook scams whose titillating links play is a tech memes and themes from pop culture.
"It's the latest survey Scam Spreading virally across Facebook, using the tried-and-Tested Formula Used in the past by mutch viral scams Including 'Justin Bieber Trying Thurs flirt,' 'Student attacked at his teacher and Nearly killed him,"' the Biggest and scariest snake 'and the' world's worst McDonald's customer, '"he says.
Typically, such "schemes are Designed to steal information from Internet users. That information then Can Be Sold Thurs mutch parties. The scams also Life Style Can Be Used Thurs co-opt an Internet user's social network contacts.
If you accidentally installed the fake application, click on the "Account" button at the top right of the Facebook home screen. Navigate to the option That says "application settings" and disable the fake "dislike" application.
If the app has been posted to your Facebook wall, go to your profile page and delete posts hmmmm Thurs stop the Scam from Spreading further. Mashable Also recommends checking your "Interests" and "likes" settings from the "edit my profile" menu, to Be That mourn the app hasn't Itself lodged there as well.
Facebook May or way that I do all for you.
The company says it is Trying Thurs block the "dislike" app
"We're working hard to block and remove malicious applications Claim That Thurs Provida dislike functionality and inadvertently update people's statuses," a Facebook spokesman, Said in an e-mail to CNN.
"It's important Thurs keep in mind That there is no official dislike button. Also, do not click on strange links, Even If They are from friends, and notify the person and report the link if you see something suspicious."
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