''Game of Thrones' canceled' links a hoax

A rumour has spread that HBO’s hit series ‘Game of Thrones’ has been cancelled.

However, the Internet has just been owned, according to reports.

The series has not been cancelled, says NBC.

It is reported that cybercriminals are using that horror to oil the wheels of a new Facebook scam campaign.

The post takes you to a page that says: “In what came as a shock move, HBO has cancelled its hit fantasy show Game of Thrones halfway through its fourth season.

A HBO spokesman said: “We just can't be bothered any more. They're just wandering around and every now and then one of them dies. And the dragons frankly have been a massive disappointment”.”

These scam Facebook posts claim that "Game of Thrones" will end after the fourth-season finale next week. But clicking on the link in the Facebook post leads to a place nearly as dangerous as north of the Wall — a Web page that claims your Web browser needs to update its Java plugin before you can view the page's contents.

The software masquerading as a Java plugin on the ‘Game of Thrones’ cancellation webpage is almost certainly adware or malware that's posing as something else to deceive you, according to independent security researcher Graham Cluley, who was alerted to it by reader Chris Pace.

According to Deadline, the hit series will be returning for a fifth and sixth season.

The moral of the story is, don't click on the links. Else this will happen to your precious PC: