Facebook virus
 

Don't open anything from me on facebook called Y O U T U B E

It appears to be a nasty virus that re mailed itelf to my friends.

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I didn't get one. :kickcan

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Count yourself lucky Timmy.

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I received YT glad I did not open it...thanks for the warning...Please include Timmy he needs a friend...ha...

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If you DO get a Facebook virus (or Viri) make sure you go to your applications and remove it.

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walk me thru this. How do I find it and remove it.

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Sent you a message.

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Happened to me two weeks ago or so. Infested my pc. McAffee did NOT catch it until it was too late. (inserts promo for AVG free and Threat Fire)
Anyway. A pop-up appeared that looked like XP's security area that show's your firewall. Silly me. I'm on Windows 7. Didn't notice until I took a closer look and there was an Http at the top bar. Took several hours to clear up the mess.

have fun.

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So did you realize it was an XP screen and see the http only after entering your credit card info to purchase the software needed to remove the nefarious infection?

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After it asked if I wanted it to remove the virus. :smack Allowing it to remove only unleashed more devils... Legion... Legion.. Whew.. that was an exhausting evening.

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Sec... this is how it went down:
I opened a message from a facebook friend. I clicked on the youtube link.
I could see a page with vulgar stuff written on it... and a few seconds later the video page appeared. And I thought to myself "this could be a virus.."
I clicked on the video to play.. and it asked me to dl flash player. I did that.. and em..
the rest of the story.. the xp screen.. etc.

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Timmy,
Yours came to my inbox... I got the noticication 3 times!!! LOL!!!
It was a youtube with a little "m" above it. I instantly recognized
it as being connected with a virus as I have received youtubes with
a little letter above it. I didn't open it and looked for a message saying
it was a virus and found Jim's message verifying that it was indeed a
virus!

Falla39

Re: Facebook virus
 

Send me a message, (PM) also, RandyWayne, as how to remove it.

Falla39

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I just downloaded a free malware program that found and cleaened up 10 viruses
www.malwarebytes.com
I kept having a pop up "virus scanner" keep poping up telling me I was infected that would then lock down my pooter.
Also a little chat box from adultfriendfinder kept opening up every 10 miutes or so with a naked girl in a video.

Like you sais Bryan,it's been an intersting morning getting rid of this mess.

"my video" came from a trusted friend, so I just opened it..... a lesson learned.

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I received a couple from you and three from other people. I never open them anyway, but thanks for the heads up.

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Is there a way of seeing this without getting the virus?

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:ursofunny

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took me a minute....then I saw the bolded part. :ursofunny

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Here is what I sent freeatlast. Note this ONLY takes care of the Facebook part. You may need additional viral removal stuff to get rid of anything else depending on how much clicking and "accepting" you did once you received the initial application or link.

On face book, go to Accounts on the upper right of the screen. Click on it and select Application settings on the drop down box. This will list all your applications. Click on the X on the right hand side to remove that application. You should do this every now and then to make sure you don't have any apps running you were not aware of.

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Perhaps you have something similar to what I had (though no naked girl popping up thank goodness) but my computer was a mess that AVG let happen.
Oh well, lesson learned.

I have been hearing a lot of Apostolics are getting these bugs, I do not know if it is a threat specific to us or if we are just collateral damage in the spread of malware, viruses, & trojans.

Hope you get it cleared up soon with minimal damage.

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Yeah, don't ya hate viruses that make ya sin? :lol

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LOL - - I don't think it's a threat to Apostolics - it just means you are only hearing about them from the Apostolics around you. A virus is a virus not specific to any certain belief.

If my FB account gets a virus it's going to send it to all my friends - not just the Apostolic ones.

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Remember to boot into safe mode (by hitting F5 during the BIOS start up process -or POST) and run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. Also make sure it is updated.

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This "may" not be specific to Apostolics but some viruses can be targeted to a certain group with a range as narrow as Apostolics or broad like Christianity.:thumbsup

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...always thought sin preceeds the virus..

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I can not get it to boot into any mode.
It reads "boot disc failure."

I am hoping to buy a new hard drive & install this week.

Good news is hard drives are cheap & it seems you get more bang for your buck.

Thanks for all the info you have shared including the anti virus programs, it is very much appreciated.:thumbsup

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The URL wasn't even for YouTube - but was just an IP address.

I hate those buggers like the plague. There's no sense to them other than to be malicious. If they really wanted to make revenue there's more sneaky and elegant ways to go about it without disrupting everything.

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Right Pel. It wasn't even from youtube.

It had youtube in the title like Y O U T U B E

I just saw that it came from a trusted friend and clicked on it.
STOOOOPID thing to do... I know better.

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Ah, yes. It's genetics that causes sin! :lol

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I got it. Didnt think anything because it was from my sister. Stupid me didnt even look at the fact the IP address link wasnt even in proper format.

Its not hard to get rid of however, AVG did let it download when I clicked on it but when the virus started running AVG blocked its attempts to take over. I ran Spybot one time and got it all out of my system.

Re: Facebook virus
 

change your password

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Another "trick" is to make a second Admin account. My room mates Laptop was so jacked up I could not get it to boot into windows. But I was able to boot into the other account I made on there and clean out the viruses

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Actually and ironically that is the only ones which have tried to send to me, three ministers I know and respect. Never opened because because I know two of them would not be sending out YouTube videos. :-)

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Actually they probaly didn't send it to you themselves. They unwittingly opened the link that was sent to them.

If you open this thing it goes into your FB friends list and sends itself to 10 or 20 of your friends.

Then it floods your computer with pop ups till you just about can' use your computer.

I used a free program from www.malwarebytes.com It scaned my computer and remved 10 worm viruses.

Re: Facebook virus
 

Beware!

http://www.comcast.net/articles/news...ACEBOOK-VIRUS/