Malicious Facebook Virus or Malware Chat Messages

Malicious Facebook Virus or Malware Chat Messages

If you are sent the Facebook chat message below: "LOL", with a Zip file attached, with the name "IMG_xxxxx.zip" (x represents a number), please not open the file, although the message seems as if it came from one of your Facebook friends. The file is a not an image or a document and was not sent by your Facebook friends. The file is actually a malware that will infect your computer and compromise your Facebook account, if you open it.

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Once your Facebook account is hijacked by this malware, it will send itself to all of your Facebook friends.

This is How The Malicious Facebook Virus Chat Messages Look

The Malicious Facebook Chat Message - lol IMG_00417.zip - IMG_00103.zip
lol
IMG_00417.zip

Lol
IMG_00103.zip

The name of the malicious zip file will change. If you look at the file names above, you will notice that the numbers have changed. If you have received any files with the naming format "IMG_xxxxx.zip", where “x” represents a number, in your Facebook chat message window, please do not open it.

Opening the "IMG_xxxxx.zip" will not infect your computer; it is the malicious file "IMG_xxxxx.jar" that it contains that will infect your computer if you open it.

Currently, the malware attached to the message only affects computers running the Windows operating system. But, that does mean that you should open it if you are using another operating system such as Google Android, Apple OS, Linux or others.

Now, if you have already opened the malicious file, please do a full scan of your computer with the antivirus software installed on it and do not open files ending with “.zip” or “.rar”, unless you are expecting these files from someone.

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May 17, 2014 at 10:49 AM by
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an anonymous user from: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

How to stop this spam message going to others from my account?

It's going to my friend on its own.

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May 17, 2014 at 8:20 PM by
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<a href="/article/2014/5/15/phishing-facebook-message-hey-wat-are-you-doing-in-this-videeo-wow-skip-to/">Click here for instructions.</a>

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May 10, 2014 at 6:46 PM by
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an anonymous user from: Taylor, Michigan, United States

i had one saying that someone posted gross photos of me and sent me a broken link to tumblr, though it dident download anything i found out awhile later someone had hacked his account and sent that to numerous people on his friends list

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May 9, 2014 at 3:11 AM by
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an anonymous user from: Gyor, Gyor-Moson-Sopron, Hungary

Hello guys and girls! For first, sorry for my bad English.

Hope that someone can help me. I'm really nervous.

Yesterday night, around 22:00 pm, I got this "LOL" virus from a very good friend. I never got a Facebook virus before. I don't know, I was just not thinking and click on the .zip file.

But, it looks weird.in total commander, I open the '.zip' file and saw the '.jar' file. I had a bad feeling, so I DID NOT CLICK ON IT and DID NOT EXTRACT the .zip file.

I just deleted it. After that, I ran the Avast scan 2 times, reset my Facebook and Gmail passwords, reset my Firefox. Then i downloaded Anti-malware software and use it to scan my computer.

It found some old bad files, So I deleted all of them. Now, after 12 hours, I don't notice anything wrong or bad stuff. My Facebook account is not sending any spam or virus message. My PC works just as before.

But I still don't know if I am in danger or not? I really thinking about doing a System Restore. Is it necessary anyway? Do you think after the System Restore I will be totally safe from this virus? Please share what do you think.

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May 9, 2014 at 7:29 PM by
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an anonymous user from: London, England, United Kingdom

I only did a ‘System Restore’ in order to clear it. If you click on messages and find that the virus doesn’t replicate itself to anyone within your friends list, you can then ‘assume’ that it has been removed from your PC.

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May 10, 2014 at 6:45 PM by
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an anonymous user from: Gatineau, Quebec, Canada

Actually it's not removed from pc 'cause I've had the same and it started to send messages to my friends after - 2 weeks...

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May 13, 2014 at 7:01 AM by
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an anonymous user from: Gyor, Gyor-Moson-Sopron, Hungary

So now what should I do? I did a system restore and the virus send messages after that? How can it do this?

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May 9, 2014 at 6:19 AM by
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You have done all that is necessary to protect your Facebook and email accounts, except deleting all Facebook applications from your account. <a href="/article/2013/1/7/easily-delete-or-remove-facebook-applications/">Click here for instructions</a>.

There maybe a malicious Facebook application in your account posting messages to your friends with links to a virus or other malicious websites.

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May 8, 2014 at 11:02 PM by
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an anonymous user from: Jackson, Mississippi, United States

I got this message a week ago, and I thought I was fine until today when all of a sudden my friends got this message from me when I have not used my facebook all day. I am doing a full scan now. I warned my friend. please keep us posted if there is a permanent way to stop this virus.

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May 8, 2014 at 4:55 PM by
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an anonymous user from: Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

They have changed from 'IMG' to 'Portrait', but still a zip file.

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May 8, 2014 at 1:58 PM by
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an anonymous user from: Shepherdsville, Kentucky, United States

What happens if I opened this through my samsung galaxy s3 I've deleted the download. Is my phone at risk?

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