![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Facebook users can click on a link to activate a new “dislike button” that’s being offered on the social media site. The Truth: Facebook post that encourages users to click a. FACEBOOK OFFERS ‘DISLIKE’ BUTTON. Even worse, have led to a virus. Facebook PR staffers have confirmed that this feature is indeed real. • • • • • Don’t be too quick to click on links claiming to “Enable Dislike Button” on Facebook, as a fast-spreading scam has caused problems for social networking users this weekend. Messages claiming to offer the opposite to a like button have been appearing on many Facebook users’ walls: Facebook now has a dislike button! Click 'Enable Dislike Button' to turn on the new feature! Like the scam which went before it, the scammers have managed to waltz past Facebook’s security to replace the standard “Share” option with a link labelled “Enable Dislike Button”. The fact that the “Enable Dislike Button” link does not appear in the main part of the message, but lower down alongside “Link” and “Comment”, is likely to fool some users into believing that it is genuine. Clicking on the link, however, will not only forward the fake message about the so-called “Fakebook Dislike button” to all of your online friends by posting it to your profile, but also run obfuscated Javascript on your computer. The potential for malice should be obvious. As we’ve explained before, there is provided by Facebook and there isn’t ever likely to be.
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