The official response: We have detected suspicious activity on your Facebook account and have reset your password as a security precaution. It is possible that malicious software was downloaded to your computer or that your password was stolen by a phishing website designed to look like Facebook. Please carefully follow the steps provided...
Jeffro2pt0
· 1 year ago
Ouch. I guess Facebook has reached that point where Virus authors find it worthy to try and spread something amongst the service.
bnpositive
· 1 year ago
Well, that's loaded with help for anyone else experiencing the problem. Should they just report it to Facebook if they experience the same thing?
Colin Clark
· 1 year ago
That's good to know. I'm always super gullible about stuff like that. To me it seems even more malicious to plant spam and virus on social media than traditional web media. So many more people are exposed. I just had to wipe out my fiancee's computer due to a virus, and she was really pissed. Thanks for the heads up!
asudduth
· 1 year ago
Doug/Jason I've seen various facebook "viruses" before... and to my knowledge all of them start the same way... by grabbing a users password on a face "facebook" logon screen... To be honest, *I* actually fell for it once, but caught myself as soon as I hit submit, and instantly changed my password (before it had time to use my creds... literally 5 seconds after submitting I changed it) Anyways, I'm not that sure that reporting it to facebook helps, but always change your password.
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I've seen various facebook "viruses" before... and to my knowledge all of them start the same way... by grabbing a users password on a face "facebook" logon screen...
To be honest, *I* actually fell for it once, but caught myself as soon as I hit submit, and instantly changed my password (before it had time to use my creds... literally 5 seconds after submitting I changed it)
Anyways, I'm not that sure that reporting it to facebook helps, but always change your password.