Quoted from Silicon Republic, Thursday (04/26/2012), Facebook will combine the security of their systems with Sophos's service to detect the link contains malware.
How does it work? When the user clicks a link, Facebook will check through the database link provided contains malware Sophos.
Furthermore, Facebook will inform the user if the link is malicious and provide more information as to why the link is not clickable. In short, these tools work like radar detection of malicious programs.
"Working with the Sophos security expert handling of computer networks and the Internet, greatly helps us better protect users of Facebook," Facebook spokesman said.
Mark Harris, vice president of SophosLabs said, because the content on Facebook is generally seen as posted by reliable sources, many thought the link is safe. In fact, not necessarily.
"Scammer often take advantage of trusted relationships among users to trick them in order to access the link bervirus or contain malware," said Harris.
He said that cooperation with Facebook will educate users to be more careful and find out before deciding what they click. This step also helps reduce the spread of malicious link.
(writer : Rachmatunisa - detikinet )
