McAfee Retracts Reports About Facebook Virus Koobface
Earlier this month, antivirus company McAfee claimed that reports of virus Koobface, which hijacks Facebook accounts and in many cases deletes them, were on the rise. McAfee did an about-face recently, saying that the high counts of Koobface were erroneous.
Earlier this month, antivirus company McAfee claimed that reports of the Koobface virus — which hijacks Facebook accounts and, in many cases, deletes them — were on the rise. McAfee did an about-face, saying that the high counts of Koobface were erroneous.
McAfee’s Craig Schmugar explained the error:
The McAfee Threats Report for the first quarter of 2013 highlighted a noteworthy increase in the number of Koobface malware samples on record. This data point is based on the number of unique malicious files associated with the Koobface family, and is generally one indicator of active malware development.
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