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SecureTweets is a browser add-on that inspects URLs on Twitter in real time.

It detects malicious content in these URLs based on Finjan’s proven code analysis.

A tiny security alert icon for each URL is displayed; helping Twitter users to browse safely

Building on trust, Twitter users communicate in real time, using shortened URLs in their tweets and retweets.

Hackers have started to abuse these URLs in tweets and retweets to spread their malware and scareware.

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  • A famous scareware attack took place in June 2009, when a tainted URL was used to distribute fake antivirus protection.
  • The notorious Mikeyy or StalkDaily worm and several other worms have targeted Twitter since Spring 2009.
  • Venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki’s Twitter account was abused for redistrubuting a malicious link containing the Jahlav-C Trojan.