Facebook takes steps to be more secure

Social networking giant Facebook has said that it has been working with Kaspersky Lab to identify and remove malicious software on the site. 

According to a Facebook security engineer, �(We are) working with Kaspersky Lab, bolstering a program implemented with other online security firms including ESET, F-Secure and Trend Micro. Thanks to the collaboration with these companies, in the past three months we have helped clean up more than two million people`s computers that we detected were infected with malware when they connected to Facebook... In these cases, we present a cleanup tool that runs in the background while you continue using Facebook, and you get a notification when the scan is done to show you what it found. The program uses a combination of signals to help find infections and get the malware off of your computer for good, even if the malware isn`t actively spreading spam or harmful links.� 

An employee of Kaspersky Lab said in a separate blog post, �Facebook is a major aim for phishers: one in five phishing scams targets Facebook notifications. So be vigilant when you receive emails appearing to be from Facebook: as they can be fake. There are lots of Trojans targeting Facebook users as well.�