New York, Mar 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Thousands of Facebook users got duped when they fell for an email scam that asked them to change their passwords. The users got an email with the subject “Facebook Password Reset Confirmation! Customer Support” and in the body of the email they had a link and/or an attachment to change the passwords. Many users got duped by this innocent looking email and changed their passwords, and in the process allowed the password stealing virus access to their computers. And now this password-stealing virus can access all the information on the computers esp. other username and password combinations.

“Once installed, the password stealer can potentially access any username and password combination on that computer, from your bank details to your email log-ins,” said Dave Marcus, security expert for McAfee. On Wednesday the security company McAfee asked the people to be aware of such innocent emails, and use their judgment before doing as directed in the email. The company has also tracked the virus over the last 2 days, and they expect that this virus would eventually affect around 400 million users. And the virus is affecting people all over the world.