A new worm that promises the gift of more followers is spreading quickly on Twitter. Unfortunately, the only thing that the sites involved seem to do is use your account to spam your followers.

One of the sites involved asks for your Twitter (Twitter) username and password and appears to be associated with the Twitter account @GetFreeFollowers, which has been suspended by Twitter. Another that I came across may be far more damaging, as it appears to be spreading malware through what look to be YouTube (YouTube) videos (but actually work like Koobface). A similar scam also seems to be fairly widespread in Portuguese.

Be careful of these get more followers programs out there!

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