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Get Free Followers! on Instagram? Get Free Malware, Survey Scams Instead

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May

2013

The popular photosharing app Instagram is the latest social networking site targeted by the ubiquitous survey scams seen on Facebook and Twitter. This time, we found that these survey scams may also lead users to download an Android malware. I found the following accounts who wanted to ‘follow’ me on Instagram. This is the standard […]

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Fake Page With “90 Million Likes” Leads to Fake Adobe Flash

19

Apr

2013

Besides the fake Facebook Profile Viewer ruse, we found another Facebook scam that lures users into downloading a fake Adobe Flash Player plugin. We noticed countless feeds pointing to a Facebook page with more than 90 million “likes”. For some, this huge number of Facebook likes may be enough for them to check the page […]

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New Approach to the Old “Facebook Profile Viewer” Ruse

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Apr

2013

The truth about the Facebook Profile Viewer is simple: it doesn’t exist.You can check every Facebook page or app available, but you can be 100% sure that each one that says “See who viewed your profile!” or “Who’s stalking you?” is just a ruse for Facebook users to reveal their passwords or spread spam. How […]

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