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"Christmas Theme for free ! Limited Time" Facebook spam leads to Malware


Hackers used the Christmas holiday as a social engineering lure.  A facebook profile claims that it offers free Christmas Theme . The page leads to a malware that come in the form of browser plugin.

When user click the Like button, it redirects them to a URL which allows victims to download and install a malicious plugin named Free Cheesecake Factory Coupons.

The plugin floods the victim's wall with spam :
"Get Christmas Theme for FB on – – >>0< < – – free Christmas Theme for all FB users!!. Just Install this amazing new fb Christmas new look and change your profile looks show it to your friends…… [Name of tagged friends]"

TrendMicro detect it as TROJ_REDIR.CU.

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