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Re: A New Facebook Virus in the Wild

asudduth — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:12:26 -0000

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.

Re: A New Facebook Virus in the Wild

Colin Clark — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:28:21 -0000

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!

Re: A New Facebook Virus in the Wild

Jason Bean — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:14:03 -0000

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?

Re: A New Facebook Virus in the Wild

Jeffro2pt0 — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:10:10 -0000

Ouch. I guess Facebook has reached that point where Virus authors find it worthy to try and spread something amongst the service.

Re: A New Facebook Virus in the Wild

Douglas Karr — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:57:51 -0000

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...