Well, it seems we have a new wave of Facebook Trojans loose on the internet. The one that I researched while writing this post, links to a cast.cc web site that is actually a phishing scheme that presents a FAKE Facebook login screen. If you provide your Email and Password, it starts spamming your friends on Facebook with links to it. It appears that it also does the more typical thing and installs a Facebook application for you that will spam your friends with links to it (and sometimes other links).
If you fell for this (or a similar scam), the first thing to do is to change your Facebook password and then go to “Account / Privacy Settings / Applications and Websites / Applications You Use / Edit Settings” and remove everything you don’t recognize (watch the video below for step by step instructions on how to remove unwanted Facebook apps)!
I’ve also seen some posts that suggest that at least some of these links attempt to install the Koobface Virus, however I can’t confirm this. The article I linked to implies that this virus is virulent across Windows, OS X and Linux.
If you are on Windows, it’s highly recommended that you have a good virus checker installed and current. I personally recommend AVG Free, which (as the name implies) is free and quite good.
BTW, if you use Firefox, Chrome and / or Open DNS (Family Shield is free and awesome), you will be presented a warning page for this site that tells you it’s a phishing site BEFORE you get the login page.
Sophos has a good video on how to remove applications (like “Stop Txting Lk Ths”, “NFee”, etc.) that you have already set up (if you aren’t already a fan of Sophos, I would recommend doing it as they tend to notify you of Facebook scams pretty quickly and give good general security advice). Here’s their video:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or-qR0Y300w
Oh, and in case you didn’t know, Facebook has stated clearly, that Facebook Profile Trackers DO NOT Exist! If you installed one, you need to follow the suggestions in this article to remove the scam application that was installed.
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