facebook (http://www NULL.rj-diamond NULL.com/alex/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/facebook1 NULL.jpg)      Another email is now circulating claiming its from Facebook and claiming that your Facebook password has been changed and that your new information is on an attachment in the email.  The email looks something the following

Hey (Insert you name here),

Because of the measures taken to provide safety to our clients, your password has been changed.
You can find your new password in attached document.

Thanks,
The Facebook Team

     The attachment is actually carrying an updated version of the Bredolab Virus. If you happen to open and download the attachment (which you shouldn’t do), then what will happen is the Bredolab will automatically download and install really bad programs from the internet.  Bredolab is basically the trigger that opens the door to your pc, so that other files can download and install themselves, files like rogue anti-spyware programs that continuously keep popping up telling you that you are infected, and other programs that all the bad guys to basically take over your pc.  The easiest way to image this is imagining that someone breaks into your home to steal, and not only do they take your property but they also manage to take a key to your front door so that they can keep coming back anytime they like.

     Bredolab is considered a Trojan horse and is smart enough to modify legitimate windows processes svchost.exe and explorer.exe plus have the ability to quit itself when it senses that something is scanning it, so that finding it can be made very difficult.

     As always remember that even if you do change your password that Facebook (or any other site for that matter) would not send you account information in an email attachment.