Facebook Virus

Over the past few months there has been a virus(s) going around Facebook. The Facebook virus itself has morphed and is becoming more difficult to identify and remove from your computer. AVG dosnt seem to pick up on the virus nor do some other anti virus packages.

One such instance of the Facebook virus is a message appearing like this:

"Subject: Hey friend. "You've been catched on hidden cam, yo."

Or something similar.



There is a link accompanying the message and if clicked will takes you to what appears to be a YouTube video. This is not YouTube. When you click the video to begin, a message pops up and says you first need to download a newer Flash player to play the video. Do not do this. It's a virus.


The main affect of the Facebook virus is to change your Proxy settings in your web browser. If you suspect that this is the case then you may have to change your proxy settings in firefox/IE after removing it - the proxy settings will still be set to ues the little tinyproxy and after it's gone will not be able to connect until you reset them.

In Firefox: Tools Menu -> Options... -> Advanced Tab -> Network Tab -> "Settings" button under Connection.

In IE7: Tools Menu -> Internet Options -> Connections Tab -> "Lan Settings" button -> Uncheck "use a proxy server"

In IE6: Same as IE7.



If you suspect that a message you received is not from a friend and is in fact the Facebook virus, DONT CLICK ANY LINKS ATTACHED.

Be sure you have the right antivirus software to deal with it and keep it updated.