Fake options for disabling Facebook timeline could be malware

Dubai Phoney options to disable Facebook's Timeline (TL) feature could expose up to two million UAE users to password-stealing codes, an expert has warned.
TL replaces the traditional page with a bigger profile picture. Confused about how it works, many are carrying out privacy housekeeping on the site.
Aji Joseph, General Manager of IT security firm Eset Middle East, said: "Timeline has caused confusion among users and scammers are capitalising on people's dislike for it by offering options to disable it, but clicking that option unleashes malicious payloads such as password key-loggers."
"Some users would want to go back to their old Facebook page. In reality, this [disabling] won't work," said Joseph. "Instead, users are taken to a fake page that allows them to click a fake ‘like' button."

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Eset, a Bratislava-based computer security company with 100 million users worldwide, reported a jump in the spread of malware through social networking.
Once an FB profile migrates to Timeline, a user is given seven days to check its content before it is published online. Once published, Timeline cannot be disabled, said Joseph. This migration has caused heartburn among users.