Trojan.Fbook

Trojan.Fbook is a stubborn and persistent threat that may harm your PC in various ways. It is important not to install this harmful application, so you need to know how it may travel across the Internet. The word "Fbook" in the detection name of this Trojan stands for 'Facebook' because Trojan.Fbook relies on this social platform to infect the system of its victims. The link, which leads to the corrupted site that hosts Trojan.Fbook is not inserted in a message. This strategy is efficient, but it may infect only one computer at a time. To hit multiple computers at once, this threat generates a post on the Facebook wall of a person whose machine has already been infected. Typically, the content of the post is some pornographic video, which may easily attract the attention of the male audience. For even better results, the threat tags all friends of the infected person automatically. The video leads to a site that encourages the visitors to install a fake media player to view it. If the users agree, Trojan.Fbook will immediately get access to their machines. This cyber threat may establish a connection with Command and Control (C&C) servers that are used by the hackers to send instructions from afar. Trojan.Fbook may allow con artists to load supplementary harmful tools without the knowledge of the user. They also may use it to collect some valuable information, including passwords for online accounts. The intention of the people behind Trojan.Fbook is to keep the presence of their threat a secret. However, the intensive transfer of information may reduce the Internet speed, and you may notice some performance problems. If you think Trojan.Fbook may be monitoring your system, you should scan your PC with a professional security application to delete it immediately.