Online hackers are using hacked Myspace profiles to spread links to their malicious software. Those trojan horse is disguising as Microsoft update. Myspace visitors get a popup window advising them to download the latest version of Microsoft’s Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool. This software is distributed by Microsoft to help Windows users rid their systems of malware. If the user clicks anywhere on this image, his computer will then begin to download the Trojan program. The Trojan, detected by McAfee as TFactory, is a already known code that has been used by criminals for well over a year and hackers were able to launch this attack because they either discovered a flaw in the MySpace code or found a way of taking over user accounts. Myspace users should take care if see such pop up screen and avoid clicking on information picture.
