Worm makes it way through Orkut

Posted on December 21, 2007
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A Brazilian hacker has injected a worm in the Orkut social network. It was reported that the worm first appeared in Orkut on 19th Dec. and has spread through Orkut’s scrapbook system and has infected more than 650,000 users.

How does the infection start? It starts when an Orkut user is sent an email them about a new scrapbook entry and when the Orkut user logs in, he/she is greeted by a message in Portuguese. Apparently the infection is spread by just looking at the scrapbook message and no interaction is necessary.

If you have received any scrapbook entries in the last few days, I suggest that you do not read it for it may be the worm working its way through your Orkut. I received a scrapbook entry yesterday and I have not opened it and will stay clear of scrapbook entries for now.

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