Don’t click on that link: Stalk Daily Twitter worm
UPDATE: Twitter has confirmed that they have blocked the hole that allowed the StalkDaily worm to invade Twitter. For a comprehensive explanation of this worm and remedy, please read the explanation at Mashable.
Have you seen all of the links today for the new, improved and oh so much better Twitter? Don’t click on that link! Visiting the stalkdaily.com site will infect your Twitter account. This worm works by sending out tweets about the better Twitter from YOUR account automatically.
Twitter is aware of the problem and is working on it. Here are some things you can do it help.
- Make sure that you are not infected.
- Check your profile and make sure there are no scripts in any of the form fields. Some people have reported a strange script in their Location.
- Do a search on your username and stalkdaily to see if any tweets were sent out on your account.
- If you are infected, change your password and double check all of the form fields in your profile.Twittercism was one of the first to report this worm, and they detail how to remove the stalkdaily worm.
- Spread the word about this worm responsibly. Do NOT put links to the stalkdaily web site in your tweets or blog posts. Your good intentions will back fire when your readers click the link that you so kindly provided!
The good news is that passwords were NOT compromised in this attack.
