Koobface Is…Making Facebook Users Unhappy.

Social networking sites are turning out to be nearly as fertile breeding grounds for virus transmission as P2P downloads. The latest variants of the Koobface virus are causing a bit of alarm for Facebook and MySpace users with poorly protected PCs.

Mac users–yes, you Margaret–are safe for now. This one needs Windows to run. And thoughtful users won’t be stricken either, because the virus doesn’t hatch on its own. You need to click on a link to get it going.

As always, if your antivirus software is out-of-date or just plain ineffective, you should take this time to check your system. Most of the major virus players have covered this virus as of March 7th. The real question is how their software performs.