A couple of friends were phished into a link on Facebook and immediately spammed all their friends with a similar virus. Other than standard procedure (copied below), there’s no new info about this virus online that we can find.
Also… change your password.
(here’s info we pulled from Facebook’s site)
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Free Online Virus Scanners
If spam has been sent from your account, you should immediately run a virus scan using one of these sites:
- http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner
- http://security.symantec.com
- http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/scan.asp?affid=56
- http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8
- http://onecare.live.com/site/en-us/default.htm
- http://ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
- http://www.ewido.net/en/onlinescan
- http://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/solutions/activescan
Support for your Computer
If your Windows PC or Mac has been infected with malware or a virus, check out these helpful sites:
You may also want to check out OpenDNS. OpenDNS is a free security service that will help protect you from phishing scams on Facebook, and while browsing the Internet:
Wed, Jun 10, 2009
2009, proximity marketing