Heard that you could change the color of your Facebook profile? Well, its a scam. It tricks people in to clicking on the link and giving away their information and eventually installs malware in to your PC and starts spreading to other PCs in your network, so beware.
The app tells you can pick from nine different colors while a Chinese internet security company called Cheeta Mobile found that it actually downloads malicious software compromising the information of the account and the computer. Cheeta further explained that it is very easy to package viruses and malware in the form of applications on Facebook.
The app initially lures people into the trap through a video which facilitates the hackers access to all user data. That is followed by a message which alerts the user that they have a virus threat and offers an anti-virus which actually installs malicious software. With the already fueling debate over data security on social media websites people are a tad bit paranoid, and perhaps rightly so. Facebook should take this into account and offer better data security to its users.