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Saturday, September 25, 2010

Orkut Virus/ Bug - “Bom Sabado” - How to safeguard yourself.


On Orkut, Many people are receiving scraps form their friends with words “Bom Sabado!”. In Portuguese, the word “Bom Sabado” means “Good Saturday” . This is an orkut virus which has attacked the social networking service on 25 th sep. 2010

Orkut Officials and Security Professionals advised users not to Log in Orkut until they clean the Worm. It’s not the first time Orkut got affected by this kind of Worms.The same virus has hit Orkut last Feb also. When the a user is affected by this virus it automatically send scraps to user’s friends titled Bom Sabado!

If you are amongst those affected, it’s highly recommended that you follow the steps given below:

  • Switch to the “older version” of Orkut.
  • Log out of Orkut.
  • Clean your browser’s cache and cookies.
  • Log in and change your password and security question.

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