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New password-stealing virus targets Face book users BOSTON Wed Mar 17, 2010 7:27pm EDT BOSTON (Reuters) - Hackers have flooded the Internet with virus-tainted spam that targets Face book's estimated 400 million users in an effort to steal banking passwords and gather other sensitive information. The emails tell recipients that the passwords on their Face book accounts have been reset, urging them to click on an attachment to obtain new login credentials, according to anti-virus software maker McGee Inc. If the attachment is opened, it downloads several types of malicious software, including a program that steals passwords, McGee said on Wednesday. Hackers have long targeted Face book users, sending them tainted messages via the social networking company's own internal email system. With this new attack, they are using regular Internet email to spread their malicious software. Face book could not be immediately reached for comment. McGee estimates that hackers sent out tens of millions of spam across Europe, the United States and Asia since the campaign began on Tuesday. Dave Marcus, McGee's director of mal ware research and communications, said that he expects the hackers will succeed in infecting millions of computers. "With Face book as your lure, you potentially have 400 million people that can click on the attachment. If you get 10 percent success, that's 40 million," he said. The email's subject line says "Face book password reset confirmation customer support," according to Marcus.

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