Beware the new Facebook Dislike Button
If you’re seeing this on your facebook page – DO NOT CLICK IT!
The latest in facebook scams reported on by nakedsecurity.sophos.com
You may be craving a facebook dislike button, but the chances are facebook will NEVER make this a reality. So be warned. There is no facebook dislikes button, do not enable this plugin.
Like the “Preventing Spam / Verify my account” scam which went before it, the scammers have managed to waltz past Facebook’s security to replace the standard “Share” option with a link labelled “Enable Dislike Button”.
The fact that the “Enable Dislike Button” link does not appear in the main part of the message, but lower down alongside “Link” and “Comment”, is likely to fool some users into believing that it is genuine.
Clicking on the link, however, will not only forward the fake message about the so-called “Fakebook Dislike button” to all of your online friends by posting it to your profile, but also run obfuscated Javascript on your computer.
The potential for malice should be obvious.
