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'Instagram for PC' application is a marketing scam |
August 21, 2013
An advertisement circulating on Facebook and Twitter for a desktop version of the photo-sharing application Instagram is a scam, according to security vendor Symantec.Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, is only available for mobile devices. Its popularity, however, makes it attractive for spammers and scammers, wrote Satnam Narang, a security response manager with Symantec, on Tuesday."Both of the supposed versions of Instagram for PC do not deliver as promised," Narang wrote. "This is just another vehicle for the scammers to convince users to fill out surveys, so they earn money through shady affiliate programs."Luckily, Narang wrote that "there was no malicious functionality bundled with the software, such as a keylogger or backdoor." Such ploys are typically wrapped up with malicious software.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2047101/instagram-for-pc-application-is-a-marketing-scam.html#tk.rss_all
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