With Facebook opening up its platform to developers, some wondered at the security issues that could arise, but many thought little of it. It's Facebook!
Nevertheless, crudware has been discovered on the website. Not with any Facebook apps, but the malware is being promoted by one of Facebook's own services--Facebook Flyers. These ads that show up on your Facebook pages in a similar manner to content-specific Google Ads has been found to be scamming folks left and right. Some of the discovered ads are posing as a dating service, redirecting you to a site that says "Your machine could be infected" and then onto a site for a product called Malware Alarm. We've all seen the fake "alarm" pop ups that trick some into buying unnecessary software, spyware or to download a computer virus. We haven't seen it much on Facebook, but you're far more likely to see it on sites such as MySpace and YouTube. Good to know that the Facebook apps are still safe.
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