Facebook virus

[berkeley]

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.

[Falla39]

Originally Posted by Timmy

I didn't get one.

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

[Falla39]

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

Sent you a message.

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

Falla39

[freeatlast]

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.

[rgcraig]

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

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by freeatlast

I just downloaded a free malware program that found and cleaened up 10 viruses
www.malware.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.

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

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by Falla39

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

[freeatlast]

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

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

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

[RandyWayne]

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.

[Ron]

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.