Manufacturer Sophos security said, Facebook users can relax and stop warning each other about the virus-themed Christmas tree, because this whole thing is a hoax. In recent days, thousands of Facebook users have been racing to "rescue" friends by posting a warning about "one of the worst Trojan." But Sophos said it found no evidence to prove that an application is malware (malicious software).

Sophos said the warning about the application does not exist on this fact seems to have spread faster than previous warnings about real threats. "Consumers believe they are correct to share warnings like this - but unfortunately they did not check the fact," technology consultant Graham Cluley of Sophos, the company's blog. Mr Cluley noted that, in the late 1980s, there was a real Christmas tree virus has infected many computers on the IBM intranet and other networks