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2. Facebook malware - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_malware

   The antivirus organization Bitdefender discovered several thousand malicious links taking place in a twenty-four hour period, and contacted the Facebook administration about the problem. While the infection was contained, its unusual nature sparked interest given that the attackers exploited a flaw in the file-sharing site MediaFire to ...

3. Koobface - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koobface

   Koobface is a network worm that attacks Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux platforms. [1] [2] [3] This worm originally targeted users of networking websites such as Facebook, Skype, Yahoo Messenger, and email websites such as GMail, Yahoo Mail, and AOL Mail.

4. CIH (computer virus) - Wikipedia

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   CIH, also known as Chernobyl or Spacefiller, is a Microsoft Windows 9x computer virus that first emerged in 1998. Its payload is highly destructive to vulnerable systems, overwriting critical information on infected system drives and, in some cases, destroying the system BIOS.

5. Messenger (software) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messenger_(software)

   Messenger, [11] also known as Facebook Messenger, is an American proprietary instant messaging service developed by Meta Platforms.Originally developed as Facebook Chat in 2008, the client application of Messenger is currently available on iOS and Android mobile platforms, Windows and macOS desktop platforms, through the Messenger.com web application, and on the standalone Facebook Portal ...

6. Avast Antivirus - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avast_Antivirus

   Avast Antivirus is a family of cross-platform internet security applications developed by Avast for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS. Avast offers free and paid products that provide computer security , browser security , antivirus software , firewall , anti-phishing , antispyware, and anti-spam , among other services.

7. Malvertising - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malvertising

   Those attempting to spread malware place "clean" advertisements on trustworthy sites first in order to gain a good reputation, then they later "insert a virus or spyware in the code behind the ad, and after a mass virus infection is produced, they remove the virus", thus infecting all visitors of the site during that time period.