I received three friend requests on MySpace this morning. The models in the profile pics are a dead giveaway that the profiles belong to spammers. Most of the time I simply ignore these friend requests, but this morning I decided to see what the assholes were up to this time. The profiles themselves are covered with a large image that says “This profile is securely protected. Click here to download FREE myspace viewer”. Clicking the image links to a malicious executable.
This kind of thing doesn’t fool me, but it likely fools a lot of people. This is what we in the computer industry call “social engineering”: fooling people (in this case, horny boys) into installing malicious software.
(Click the thumbnail to see a full-size screenshot.)