MySpace users have been warned to be on their guard against cyber-criminals who used the social networking site to try to spread a malicious ‘Trojan Horse’ program. Trojans are disguised as useful software but when downloaded they allow hackers to hijack your computer or access your passwords. Security sofware firm McAfee says it discovered that scammers hacked a MySpace profile to trick victims into downloading one of these malicious programs. It works by attackers sending new ‘friend requests’ to MySpace users.

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