Facebook, Websense, Web Of Trust Halt Gift Card Spam
Technology from Websense and Web of Turst has stopped malware-laden Facebook repostings of bogus $50 Starbucks gift cards.
Chalk up a win for Facebook in the war against malware and spam: The two companies extinguished further repostings of bogus $50 gift cards for Starbucks.
These posts were going up at a rapid pace until around 5 pm Eastern Standard Time.
Now technology from Websense and Web of Trust stops the repostings with a warning message.
The warning says that Facebook is blocking the web address Bestgiftalert.com for being “spammy or unsafe.”
The message also provides a link to the social network’s help center.
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