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Facebook removes accounts used to distribute malware since 2014

Facebook has close down greater than 30 accounts that have been discovered to be spreading malware via malicious hyperlinks that claimed to tell customers in regards to the ongoing political disaster in Libya.
Facebook has shut down more than 30 accounts that were found to be spreading malware through malicious links that claimed to inform users about the ongoing political crisis in Libya.

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Author: Thenextweb

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