A message that claims to be from Facebook lures users into running a malicious attachment:
“You have got a personal message on Facebook from your friend. To read it please check the attachment“.
Unsuspecting users who run the file attached (VT detection here) are infected with a stealth Trojan that turns their PC into a Bot.
The Trojan [...]
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