Facebook Virus - It Alright If I Upload This Picture of Us to Facebook

It is a virus/ worm that spreads through a Facebook profile or Friendlist in msn messenger, you first get a message which looks like this: "it alright if i upload this picture of us to Facebook", then the person will send a file request with a random name. The file could be combined together with some sort of keylogger that spys through what you type/ and do on your computer. So, it could be extremely dangerous since the creator could see all your important password, such as your online banking password.

How does it spread?

There are 2 ways for "it alright if i upload this picture of us to Facebook" to spread.

1. Through MSN messenger: Once a person has accepted the file with the random file name (as mentioned above), the virus would be spreading to all the friends on the friendlist automatically everytime you log into your account. So don't blame your friend who sent you the virus, they are victims!
2. Through Facebook: This virus could be spread though Facebook too. It would be a message with a random URL, the URL takes you to a fake site (like youtube) and ask you to download a file. Once you've downloaded and installed, you would spread it through Facebook/ MSN messenger.

Best way to avoid it:

Do not open ANYTHING before making sure that it's sent directly by your friend. You can always check by replying a simple message like, "Hey, what is this?".

How to remove and get rid of this virus?

As I have mentioned, this virus can do more than what you think.

The best way to remove this virus is to install Netcom3 spyware remover as soon as possible. This will remove your virus (If you've already got infected) and also keep your computer spyware free in the future.

Related post: http://spywareclinic.blogspot.com/2008/12/facebook-virus.html

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.