Solution for Bom Sabado Orkut virus

DO NOT OPEN YOUR ORKUT ACCOUNT TEMPORARILY AND IF YOU HAVE THEN IMMEDIATELY CLEAR COOKIES AND CACHE OF YOUR BROWSER IMMEDIATELY.

If you are amongst those affected, it’s highly recommended that you follow the steps highlighted 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.   

Bom Sabado virus in orkut - Don't open Orkut

Google’s social networking website Orkut has been attacked by virus called “Bom Sabado” on Saturday morning, which is a big treat for orkut . “Bom sabado” is a Portuguese world it means “Good Saturday” in English.

After Facebook and Twitter, it is the turn of another popular social networking site Orkut to fall prey to malicious hackers.

The Bom Sabado worm flooding scrapbooks and also it seems to be adding affected Orkuteers to new Orkut groups. Orkut Officials and Security Professionals advised users not to Log in Orkut until they clean the Worm. Orkut has updated it’s features 3 months and it’s not the first time Orkut got affected by this kind of Worms.

The worm seems to be posting scraps with the text "Bom Sabado" and also adding affected users to new Orkut groups. Such XSS attacks have targeted Orkut in the past too.

Experts have advised users to avoid logging on to Orkut till Orkut engineers fix the hole and also not to click on any suspicious links. Orkut had just last month announced new updates to the website.