Pingie: HTTP:: Fan Check Used in Black Hat SEO Candaign

HTTP:: Fan Check Used in Black Hat SEO Candaign
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Security researchers warn that looking for information about a mysterious Facebook application called "Fan Check," which some people claim to be malicious, can lead to malware itself. Apparently, scareware distributors have adopted this trending topic for a new black hat search engine optimization campaign that promotes fake antivirus software. The new "Fan Check" Facebook application has caused quite a stir on the blogosphere and other community websites, where people contradict each other as to its purpose and intent. Some claim that it counts certain types of actions that visitors perform on someone's profile in order to determine who are the most active "fans." According to others, this is a breach of Facebook's terms of service. More worryingly, according to some accounts, the application is malicious in nature, infecting its users with malware after a period of time. "Many of my mates (MANY) have come back today and facing the concequences [sic] for using it. Guess !
what, they all have viruses!" one user wrote on this Yahoo! Answers page. Security researchers have yet to determine what it does, as it has since been taken down, allegedly for feature upgrades. "FanCheck is adding new features and new capacity. This could take a few days," its page informs, before encouraging people to subscrib...
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