Many Facebook users receive notifications by email when they are tagged in
pictures, or if someone had written something on their wall and so on. This is not a really a good
idea because of a newly discovered malware by the security firm "Sophos". Why
isn't it a good idea? Basically, because this malware sends a fake email notification masquerading "Facebook Notification Emails" informing you that "one of your friends has tagged you in a
picture". Once you click on the link provided in the email, a file that
is able to infect your Windows-operated computer will be downloaded automatically,
allowing hackers to gain control and access to your PC.
This is how the email looks like:
This is how the email looks like:
How identify this Malware?
Usually, when Facebook
sends you an email notification, it identifies the user that tagged you in a
photo, wrote on your wall or sent you a message by displaying the Name or Alias. Notice that in the above picture, this email does
not specify who tagged you, it just states that "one of your
friends". So whenever you see "one of your friends" in the email
notifications, do not open that email, just delete it and mark it as junk mail.
Another way to protect yourself
from this scam is to stop email notifications in general. Who wants a bulk of
email notifications in their inbox? It just causes your inbox to be congested
and that will discourage you from checking your email more often. I advice you to
stop these email notifications. So whenever you receive an email notification
from Facebook, it will probably be a scam since you already stopped all email
notifications. You can always check your Facebook notifications on the Facebook site
itself. It is simple, easy and most importantly safe.
