ALERT: New Facebook Email Malware Spreading

A new email off of Facebook, claiming to be affiliated with the social network and asking for your password.

A new email is spreading through inboxes which claims to be Facebook asking for your password, but of course that’s not the case.

It’s one of the most common ways of distributing trojan (or other) viruses. Users who receive the email will see a message which resembles the following:

Dear user of FaceBook.

Your password is not safe!
To secure your account the password has been changed automatically.

Attached document contains a new password to your account and detailed information about new security measures.

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