The Better Business Bureau is warning Facebook users about a virus spreading on the social networking site through what's called "clickjacking."
When a friend appears to "like" a story with an intriguing headline and users click on it they are directed to a page that reads "Click here to continue."
That page contains a hidden virus.
"If you click anywhere on that page it spreads maliciously to everyone in your friends list," said Simone Lis of the Better Business Bureau.
The virus may be a hacker's idea of a joke -- or something more sinister.
"If you do a lot of banking online there could be a potential risk for you, or if you keep passwords or do your taxes, any of that, this could potentially be captured," Lis said.
Self-declared Facebook junkie Queenie Tsang noticed last week on her news feed that one of her friends "liked" an article called "LOL This girl gets OWNED after a POLICE OFFICER reads her STATUS MESSAGE."
"The story looked interesting. I really wanted to see it," Tsang said,
She resisted the urge to click the link and was happy she did.
"I knew there was something fishy about it," Tsang said. "If I had clicked on anything and got a virus, oh gosh, I'd be so mad at myself."
Other fake headlines connected to the virus include "THIS MAN TAKES A PICTURE OF HIMSELF EVERY DAY FOR 8 YEARS!" and "THE PROM DRESS THAT GOT THIS GIRL SUSPENDED FROM SCHOOL!"
"It's very, very smart, and yes, you definitely could see how it would seem so real," Lis said.
With a report from CTV British Columbia's Shannon Paterson.
