Koobface
Sign in to saveKoobface is a network worm that attacks Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux platforms. This worm originally targeted users of networking websites such as Facebook, Skype, Yahoo Messenger, and email websites such as GMail, Yahoo Mail, and AOL Mail. It also targets other networking websites, such as MySpace, Twitter, and it can infect other devices on the same local network. Technical support scammers also fraudulently claim to their intended victims that they have a Koobface infection on their computer by using fake popups and using built-in Windows programs.
Key facts
- Computer virus.common_name
- Koobface
- Computer virus.alias
- OSX/Koobface.A (Intego) W32/Koobfa-Gen (Sophos) W32.Koobface.A (Symantec) W32/Koobface.worm (McAfee) WORM_KOOBFACE.DC (Trend Micro) Win32/Koobface (CA, Inc.) Worm.KoobFace (Malwarebytes) Net-Worm.Win32.Koobface.a (Kaspersky) Worm/Win32.Koobface (Penda) Worm/Win32.Koobface (Norton) Worm/Win32.Koobface (Webroot) Worm/Win32.Koobface (Avast)
- Computer virus.type
- Computer worm
- Computer virus.subtype
- Malware
- Computer virus.origin
- Russia
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- time of discovery or invention
- 2008-11-00
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Article · Italiano
Koobface è un worm informatico che colpisce gli utenti della rete sociale di Facebook.Koobface dopo l'infezione, rimanda la connessione internet su pagine di Rogueware o pubblicitarie, inoltre, in uno stadio più avanzato, tenta di ottenere informazioni sensibili dalle vittime come numeri di carta di credito o dati di accesso a forum, social network e caselle e-mail.Spesso le password degli utenti infetti vengono sostituite con "koobface".
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