Facebook eradicated the Koobface virus from its site about nine months ago. However, the social network says it is on a mission to vanquish it completely. It intends to share what it has learned in three years of battling the malware with law enforcement and the larger security community. The language Facebook uses in its post — “the full force of law brought to bear against those who have made millions in ill-gotten gains” and “to rid the Web of this virus forever” evoke images of Captain Ahab and his white whale.
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Facebook on Mission to Wipe Koobface Off Face of the Web
Posted by: Erika Morphy January 18, 2012 09:45 AMFacebook eradicated the Koobface virus from its site about nine months ago. However, the social network says it is on a mission to vanquish it completely. It intends to share what it has learned in three years of battling the malware with law enforcement and the larger security community. The language Facebook uses in its post — “the full force of law brought to bear against those who have made millions in ill-gotten gains” and “to rid the Web of this virus forever” evoke images of Captain Ahab and his white whale.