Virus hitting Facebook via 'friends' list request to watch video
Last Updated: Thursday, August 7, 2008 | 1:33 PM ET
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A virus is apparently hitting the popular social networking site Facebook that can infect users' "friends" lists.
The virus sends out an e-mail message from "friends" lists and asks users to download a plug-in to watch a video.
Tech expert Marc Saltzman said the plug-in, which purports to be a new Flash player, is actually a virus.
Saltzman said Facebook users might click on the download link because the e-mail message appears to be from a friend, whose Facebook photo is attached.
The virus has been noted by several websites, including Saltzman's blog on MSN, tech blog Pocket-lint and by anti-virus software companies Sophos and Symantec.
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