WARNING : Facebook Password Reset Confirmation Mail - Malware
Recently Facebook users got caught inside the scoop of the Hackers. The hackers sent a mail to the users of Facebook telling them that your Facebook password has been changed due to some security reasons and the new password has been attached with the mail. When the user opens that attachment, They get pranked by the hackers and then a software gets installed on your computer which will not only hack your Facebook password, all the passwords & username combinations will get transferred to the hacker. This email claims that it has been sent from Facebook.
This email looks like this :
which has the subject as “Facebook Password Reset Confirmation. Customer Support.”
Though the body of the message looks somewhat straight, But if you open the attachment you will get all your password hacked from your computer. The hackers looks pretty smart.
Facebook said that They don’t send any mail which has any attachment. If they find any security changes to be done in any account, they just send a link & the user has to enter new password there. McAfee has already given this warning, due to the many users being affected.
Facebook updated their status recently as :
You can also read the full status & user’s comments here.
Please note that facebook will never send password reset information as an attachment, they only send a link. So if you receive any mail just delete it. And even alert your friend’s about this virus. To know more about Facebook security got to Facebook.com/security.
Akshay Kakkar is a student from delhi. I love Orkutting & tweeting. I opted for engineering & currently in 11th . Besides this i also love C++ Programming. I also do some guest blogging on some tech blogs. I own the 
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