FaceBook Fan Check Virus
September 7th, 2009 | by admin | 630 viewsFaceBook Fan Check Virus Already Infected A Lot Of Users
Just a few seconds ago I was praising FaceBook for its addictive games, but now we’re going to back it to blame it for its viruses. Yeah, you should know that FaceBook is full of viruses, malware and phishing scams among others, but you can protect yourselves. FaceBook Fan Check is apparently an app which checks your number of friends, then gives users the possibility to create a RSS feed to post it on your FaceBook page.
All is good until here as this is nothing more than a virus. When users try to access the FaceBook Fan Check app they’ll get a message that says the app is down because the developer is adding new features, and new capacity, and that it could take days to finish them. IT says that you should become a fan on FaceBook of the update, but in fact it will infect your FaceBook account, and it will send an email to all of your friends to become a fan, but it will infect them too.
Some say that the FaceBook Fan Check virus will change your password and email, but we’re not sure about that, and nobody reported that this FaceBook account was stolen. However, now that you know what is FaceBook Fan Check I advise you not to risk, at least until FaceBook releases an official statement regarding the Fan Check FaceBook virus.
It is said that it’s very hard to detect the FaceBook Fan Check virus therefore you should be careful. Be careful not to install any new security software that will promise you to remove the FaceBook Fan Check virus because who knows what you’ll install. Be safe!
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By Mark Cato on Sep 8, 2009
No, the trick here is that the virus checkers which advertise getting rid of this “virus” are themselves the virus. There is no actually Facebook Fancheck Virus, it’s just a rumour spread by spammers to try and get you to download a new virus scanner (which itself is malware/virus etc).
There is no way to get the virus by becoming a fan. However, becoming a fan is also pointless because this app will never work – you can’t find out who’s been visiting your profile, it’s against Facebook rules and just not possible.
By Mark Cato on Sep 8, 2009
Oh sorry that’s not what the application claims to do – ignore that second paragraph. But the fact remains it’s not a real virus, just an attempt to get you to download fake virus scanners.
the article says “Be careful not to install any new security software that will promise you to remove the FaceBook Fan Check virus because who knows what you’ll install.” – exactly