WORM_KOOBFACE.IT

WORM_KOOBFACE.IT is a worm that propagates via social networking websites. WORM_KOOBFACE.IT can be obtained when browsing malicious websites or it can be unknowingly downloaded with other software. Once inside a machine, WORM_KOOBFACE.IT will connect with remote URLs and receive commands. WORM_KOOBFACE.IT may download potentially harmful files onto the infected system from a remote server.

WORM_KOOBFACE.IT will then search for social networking website cookies and connect to these websites using the user login session stored in the cookies. On accessing a victim's social account, WORM_KOOBFACE.IT will send a copy of itself, in the form of a link, to all the people on the victim's friends list. WORM_KOOBFACE.IT is an infectious worm that should be removed with an effective anti-spyware application immediately after detection.