If you received this message on your facebook or myspace inbox : “You look awesome in this new movie, check it out!”, don’t click on anything it provided!! It could be the KoobFace worm / virus. KoobFace come through an e-mail sent by one of your social networking site friends (Facebook or myspace) inviting you to watch a ‘nice’ video.
If you clicked on the URL / link it provided, the web browser will prompt you to download a so called “Adobe Systems Inc’s Flash Player Update”. Therein the facebook / myspace virus (worm) lies.
Once you installed the fake flash player update, your computer will be infected and become a zombie computer that will attempt to infect all your friends in your facebook / myspace friends list.
Facebook posted a notice regarding how to remove / get rid of the Koobface virus (worm) on their security page. They suggested that infected PC use an up-to-date virus scanner, and then reset their Facebook password. Some of the free online virus scanners suggested are Kaspersky, Symantec, McAfee and Microsoft Live OneCare.