Suspicious Facebook app attracts nearly 300,000 fans

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Suspicious Facebook app attracts nearly 300,000 fans

While it doesn't do anything malicious yet, it may just be a matter of time, according to a security analyst

By Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service

July 06, 2010 10:34 AM ET

A suspicious application circulating on Facebook has attracted nearly 300,000 fans whose profiles could be used as launching pads for spam, according to a security analyst.

The application, called "I will NEVER text again," lures Facebook users by offering a video, said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for security vendor Sophos. When someone clicks on a link advertising the application, the application asks for permission to access their basic information and post to their Wall.

If a user grants permission, the link is then posted to the user's Wall and goes out in the person's news feed, which then gets read by other friends and potentially added to their profiles, Cluley said.

So far the application hasn't done anything malicious, and many Facebook applications ask for the same access to a person's information and Wall. But it has some suspicious characteristics. Although it promises a video, the video does not work, Cluley said.

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