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Facebook users are being warned not to click on a video showing a woman stripping as it will open the door for hackers to access to their computer.

The scam shows a woman in her underwear (above) and encourages users to click through to a YouTube channel to watch the rest of the clip.

It then sends the unsuspecting browsers to a flash player before stealing their personal data.

And online security firm Bitdefender has urged people to be aware of the dangers of the malware, which reportedly originated in Albania.

Spokesman for Bitdefender, Catalin Cosoi, told how the hoax catches out web users.

He told theguardian.co.uk: “Scammers have created over 20,000 unique URLs that redirect victims to malicious websites and a fake alluring YouTube video, showing a woman taking her clothes off on a webcam.

“The video seems to actually play for a couple of seconds to entice male users to click. Malware writers faked the number of views so the video seems to have been watched by over a million users.”

The crafty hackers are using shortened links to hide the bogus website's address.

After the unsuspecting web surfer installs the fake flash player, the Trojan.Agent.BDYV malware accesses Facebook - where it can encourage other people to fall for the hoax by tagging friends in posts.