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So Santa Clause has seen all the people on Facebook and is determined to give them all a virus. Punishment for being naughty. According to PandaSecurity . " Cybercriminals are capitalizing on the Christmas holiday in a new Facebook scam that renders users’ computers useless, reports PandaLabs , Panda Security ’s malware analysis and detection laboratory." An image of the capture is available at http://www.flickr.com/photos/panda_security/4166135978/ . After the virus is installed on the computer a capture is displayed that threatens to reboot the computer within three minutes. Although nothing really happens the computer becomes useless. To Stay safe during the Christmas season Pandalabs recomends the following. 1) Don't click suspicious links from non-trusted sources. This should apply to messages received through Facebook, other social networks and even via e-mail. 2) If you click on links, check the target URL. If you don't recognize it, close your browser. 3) E...