The sexiest video ever? Facebook users hit by Candid Camera Prank attack

Leanne, a member of the Sophos fan page over on Facebook, contacted me earlier today to ask about videos being posted automatically on users’ profiles entitled “the sexiest video ever”.

A little digging discovered that thousands of Facebook users have woken up to discover messages posted on their walls, seemingly by their Facebook friends.

The messages read:

<name>, this is without doubt the sexiest video ever! :P :P :P

accompanied by what appears to be a video with the title “Candid Camera Prank [HQ]”. The message has what appears to be a movie thumbnail of a woman on a bicycle wearing a short skirt, and the video’s length is given as 3:17.

Now, maybe you’re in the habit of sharing and receiving videos like this with your online chums. I can certainly imagine a lot of blokes in particular might be tempted to play the…

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