Its a SCAM: 'Malaysian Airlines Finally Found' Video

Analysis: Facebook users who click on links in posts promoting a video titled "Malaysian Airlines Finally Found!" are redirected to a page where they're asked to like and share the video before viewing it, unleashing a flurry of spam posts to their pages and possibly compromising the security of their accounts. (I know; I tried it. The news feed of my test pageinstantly filled up with spam.) Users are then invited to download special "video download manager" software which is unnecessary at best and malicious at worst.


A concurrent scam touts a video with the absurd title, "Malaysia Plane MH370 Has Been Spotted Somewhere Near Bermuda Triangle," and another scam uses the title, "Malaysian Plane Crash Is FOUND!"

Don't risk the security of your Facebook account, your computer, or network by clicking on links in these bogus posts. If blurbs resembling the one above appear in your news feed, delete them. Advise friends to do the same.
As of this writing, Malaysia Airlines Flight MH 370, which disappeared over the South China Sea on March 8, 2014, is still missing. Obviously, no authentic video of its "finding" exists.

Here's some good basic advice from Facebook. Follow it:

Think before you click. Never click suspicious links, even if they come from a friend or a company you know. This includes links sent on Facebook (ex: in a chat or post) or in emails. If one of your friends clicks on spam they could accidentally send you that spam or tag you in a spammy post. You also shouldn't download things (ex: a .exe file) if you aren’t sure what they are.
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