WARNING: Don't Click On 'Facebook Will Shut Down'

Spamware calling itself "Social Network Close Down - February 15" asks people to click on a link for updates about an official closure of the site, but the only thing this rogue application delivers is yet another time-wasting survey paying a commission to the spammer if you complete it.

Facebook spokespeople and media outlets have dispelled the bogus reports of the site shutting down in March, but that hasn’t stopped one survey-spammer from creating a scheme based on the myth.

A rogue application calling itself “Social Network Close Down – February 15” has been spamming walls and newsfeeds asking people to click on a link for updates about an official closure of the site allegedly happening a month earlier than the humorous myth published by the Weekly World News on Saturday.

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