Facebook virus

[Timmy]

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

[rgcraig]

Originally Posted by 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.

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.

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by 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 not been hearing great things about AVG lately. I monitor the various anti-virus companies quite often and really like Microsofts Security Essentials (free) and Norton AntiVirus 2010 is REALLY good (surprise surprise).

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.
It is all about social engineering. Who here wouldn't open something that SisAlvear sent you? (She didn't send me anything -just using her as an example). Even if all the email said was "Click here for a GREAT time!"?

Hope you get it cleared up soon with minimal damage.

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.

[Ron]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

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.

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.

[berkeley]

Originally Posted by Timmy

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

...always thought sin preceeds the virus..

[Ron]

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

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.

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.

[pelathais]

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

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.

[freeatlast]

Originally Posted by pelathais

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.

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.

[Timmy]

Originally Posted by Bryan

...always thought sin preceeds the virus..

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

[scotty]

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.