>Warn Your Friends, Copy and Paste This Status!

April 22, 2011 Leave a comment


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So there have been reports coming in that there is a “New” virus associated with the Barack Obama Clinton Scandal!

Your friends have been posting a message as follows…


Virus spreading like wildfire on Fb and My Space! It is a trojan worm called koobface. It will steal your info,invade your system and shut it down! DO NOT open the link Barack Obama Clinton Scandal! If Smart Girl 15 requests you as a friend, don’t accept it; it is a virus. If somebody on your ………list adds …her, you get the virus too! Please copy and paste to you wall.

Now Koobface IS a real virus, but it is an out dated virus which any up to date antivirus program should pick up. (You are running an AV program right?)
This is a typical copy, paste warning. Most of the time these things are harmless.
The thing here to remember is that adding someone to your friends list won’t invite a virus, but that if a user is sharing links to virus infected sites… This is another story.
A lot of the times these are spread by an ex who is seeking revenge to get people to un-friend a user. In this case Smart Girl 15.

How can you tell if these things are fake?
A simple check on google usually does the trick.
Snopes is also a great tool to verify the legitimacy of internet shared information.

I’ve also pointed out some false, out dated, or misleading information to users who share status updates like this by pointing out Snopes.
The disappointing ones are the Amber Alert messages, because the user thinks they are truly trying to help. But this leads to “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” scenario. Then any following real Amber Alerts are usually falling onto def ears. This has a more negative impact than a positive one when messages like this are spread.

On a closing note, please remember to do a quick followup on these types of things before blindingly doing the copy and paste thing.

Information is power, but false information is just another slap in the face.

I hope this was useful to you, and everyone esle you share it with.
Cheers
o0MeTaL0o
metal@thebulldogestate.com

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>Fake Farmville Page : Please Report it to Facebook

April 17, 2011 Leave a comment


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Please report This Fake Farmville page  http://www.facebook.com/FarmvilleByZynga?sk=app_4949752878

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>Fake Facebook page and Forums Alert : My Town Game

April 8, 2011 Leave a comment


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MY TOWN SCAM

There is a new scam going around regarding My  Town. It claims to be the New My Town Forum but it is a scam.

Do Not join this !

Notice the address MTFanPage not from My Town.

http://www.facebook.com/MTFanPage?sk=wall

Fake Fan Page Below ( click image to enlarge)
Notice this does not come from the makers of 
My Town – Broken Bulb
http://mytownforums.forumotion.com/
Do not join this forum all you will get is scammed
You can find the Real My Town Forums here.
http://brokenbulbstudios.com/forum/

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>PetVille Scam Alert: Earn 500 pet cash 100% free

April 6, 2011 Leave a comment


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Damage Control ( Like-Jacking )
What Like-Jacking Means.
Like-Jacking is a Facebook-enabled Click-Jacking attack that tricks Facebook users into clicking a hidden “Like Button” on External web pages. Most Facebook users are unaware that a like-jacking has taken place due to the fact the like button is usually hidden behind a fake video play button or some other object on the web page. Users will instinctively click these fake objects thinking they are harmless. Many Facebook users end up leaving the Scam sitting on their wall for days because they never knew it happened. Their friends come along and fall right in to the same trap once they click. AVOID IT. Read and share this with your friends.
Damage Control ( For those who have fallen victim. )

How to Recover From Like-Jacking
If you have fallen victim to a Like-Jacking scam, you need to clean up your facebook profile immediately. You can do this by simply removing the “Like” made to your wall. This will ensure that you do not continue to assist the scam artist in spreading his Like-Jacking ruse to your friends and even further throughout the facebook network. .
How To Remove A Like Message From Your Wall
  1. Navigate to your profile wall by clicking the “Profile” link at the top of your facebook home page.
  2. Scroll down your profile wall till you locate the like, then click on the little “X” at the top right corner of the message. 
  3. Select “Remove And Unlike” from the menu and the message/Like will be removed.
How To Remove A Unwanted like From Your “Liked Pages List”
A few facebook users have complained about the unwanted “Likes” remaining in their “Liked Pages List”. This  list is located in your profile info area, in the “Activities and Interests” section, under the “Show Other Pages” link. The problem seems to happen even after following the directions listed above. If this happens to you please follow these direction as well.
  1. Navigate to your profile wall by clicking the “Profile” link at the top of your facebook home page.
  2. Once on your profile page click “Info” right below your profile picture, then Scroll down to the heading “Activities and Interests” and click the “Edit” link to the right.
  3. At the bottom of the Edit Activities and Interests page click the “Show Other Pages” link.
  4. The “Other Pages You Like” Dialog Box will open and from there you can scroll through your list of liked pages and remove the ones you don’t want by clicking the “Remove Page” Button..

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>Fake Site Alert: zonahackerz.com

March 31, 2011 Leave a comment


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This site is linked to viral and hack issues, do not share any details with them at all

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Damage Control ( Rogue App )


Rogue Applications Explained ( App Spam )
Defined- There are weaknesses in facebook that allow unscrupulous facebook application developers access to your facebook information and to use your facebook account as a means to spread a fake viral messages/ads across facebook. Once you install a rogue app it does not function as promised. It instead mines your data and/or spam’s your wall in an attempt to spread itself to your friends and throughout facebook.

How to Recover After A Rogue Application Install

If you have installed any Rogue Applications within your facebook profile, you may be currently spamming your wall and or your friends News Feeds with the Rogue Applications viral/scam messages. You must remove the messages from your wall by deleting the post and remove the rogue app by uninstalling it from your facebook profile.

How to remove a Rogue Application and it’s Spam Messages from your profile:

To Remove The Rogue Applications Messages From Your Wall:
  1. Navigating to your profile wall, then locate the message you want to remove.
  2. Once you’ve located the message click on the little “X” at the top right corner of the message. 
  3. At that point Facebook will either open a dialog box which will ask you are sure you want to remove the post, or it will offer you a menu. If you get The Dialog Box simply click the “Remove Post” button in the dialog box to remove the message. If you get The Menu simply Select “Remove Post OR Remove Post and Revoke The Publishing Rights of {App Name}” from the menu and the message will be removed.
To Remove The Rogue Application From Your Facebook Profile:
  1. From your Facebook home page Click Account, then “Privacy Settings”.
  2. Then under the heading “Applications, Games, and Websites” click “Edit Settings”.
  3. To the right of the heading “Applications You Use” Click the “Edit Settings” button.
  4. Finally find the rogue application you want to remove in the list and click the “Little X” to the right of it’s name. From there Simply follow the facebook prompts to remove the app.

Damage Control ( Fake FarmVille Animals )

Damage Control ( For those who have fallen victim. )
If you have fallen victim to any of these Fake FarmVille Animal Scams, you need to clean up your facebook profile immediately. You can do this by simply removing the posts made to your wall. This will ensure that you do not continue to assist the scam artist in spreading his ruse to your friends and even further throughout the facebook network. 

To Remove The Fake FarmVille Messages From Your Wall:
  1. Navigating to your profile wall, then locate the message you want to remove.
  2. Once you’ve located the message click on the little “X” at the top right corner of the message. 
  3. At that point Facebook will offer you a menu. Select “Mark As Spam” from the menu and the message will be removed. If the message is not remove or reappears on your wall simple follow sets 1 & 2 again, but this time chose “Remove Post” to have the message permanently removed.



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Fake Site Alert: zonahackerz.com

March 31, 2011 Leave a comment


Fake site : http://zonahackerz.com
This site is linked to viral and hack issues, do not share any details with them at all

Translated site
 Original site language

Damage Control ( Rogue App )


Rogue Applications Explained ( App Spam )
Defined- There are weaknesses in facebook that allow unscrupulous facebook application developers access to your facebook information and to use your facebook account as a means to spread a fake viral messages/ads across facebook. Once you install a rogue app it does not function as promised. It instead mines your data and/or spam’s your wall in an attempt to spread itself to your friends and throughout facebook.

How to Recover After A Rogue Application Install

If you have installed any Rogue Applications within your facebook profile, you may be currently spamming your wall and or your friends News Feeds with the Rogue Applications viral/scam messages. You must remove the messages from your wall by deleting the post and remove the rogue app by uninstalling it from your facebook profile.

How to remove a Rogue Application and it’s Spam Messages from your profile:

To Remove The Rogue Applications Messages From Your Wall:
  1. Navigating to your profile wall, then locate the message you want to remove.
  2. Once you’ve located the message click on the little “X” at the top right corner of the message. 
  3. At that point Facebook will either open a dialog box which will ask you are sure you want to remove the post, or it will offer you a menu. If you get The Dialog Box simply click the “Remove Post” button in the dialog box to remove the message. If you get The Menu simply Select “Remove Post OR Remove Post and Revoke The Publishing Rights of {App Name}” from the menu and the message will be removed.
To Remove The Rogue Application From Your Facebook Profile:
  1. From your Facebook home page Click Account, then “Privacy Settings”.
  2. Then under the heading “Applications, Games, and Websites” click “Edit Settings”.
  3. To the right of the heading “Applications You Use” Click the “Edit Settings” button.
  4. Finally find the rogue application you want to remove in the list and click the “Little X” to the right of it’s name. From there Simply follow the facebook prompts to remove the app.

Damage Control ( Fake FarmVille Animals )

Damage Control ( For those who have fallen victim. )
If you have fallen victim to any of these Fake FarmVille Animal Scams, you need to clean up your facebook profile immediately. You can do this by simply removing the posts made to your wall. This will ensure that you do not continue to assist the scam artist in spreading his ruse to your friends and even further throughout the facebook network. 

To Remove The Fake FarmVille Messages From Your Wall:
  1. Navigating to your profile wall, then locate the message you want to remove.
  2. Once you’ve located the message click on the little “X” at the top right corner of the message. 
  3. At that point Facebook will offer you a menu. Select “Mark As Spam” from the menu and the message will be removed. If the message is not remove or reappears on your wall simple follow sets 1 & 2 again, but this time chose “Remove Post” to have the message permanently removed.



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>Fake Video Alert: Erotic Surpize in a Store

March 20, 2011 Leave a comment


>

 Are you seeing this on your walls?

 Its a Click Jacking scam that does not lead to a video

  Its a survey scam.

Damage Control ( Like-Jacking )


What Like-Jacking Means.
Like-Jacking is a Facebook-enabled Click-Jacking attack that tricks Facebook users into clicking a hidden “Like Button” on External web pages. Most Facebook users are unaware that a like-jacking has taken place due to the fact the like button is usually hidden behind a fake video play button or some other object on the web page. Users will instinctively click these fake objects thinking they are harmless. Many Facebook users end up leaving the Scam sitting on their wall for days because they never knew it happened. Their friends come along and fall right in to the same trap once they click. AVOID IT. Read and share this with your friends.

Damage Control ( For those who have fallen victim. )

How to Recover From Like-Jacking
If you have fallen victim to a Like-Jacking scam, you need to clean up your facebook profile immediately. You can do this by simply removing the “Like” made to your wall. This will ensure that you do not continue to assist the scam artist in spreading his Like-Jacking ruse to your friends and even further throughout the facebook network. .

How To Remove A Like Message From Your Wall
  1. Navigate to your profile wall by clicking the “Profile” link at the top of your facebook home page.
  2. Scroll down your profile wall till you locate the like, then click on the little “X” at the top right corner of the message. 
  3. Select “Remove And Unlike” from the menu and the message/Like will be removed.
How To Remove A Unwanted like From Your “Liked Pages List”
A few facebook users have complained about the unwanted “Likes” remaining in their “Liked Pages List”. This  list is located in your profile info area, in the “Activities and Interests” section, under the “Show Other Pages” link. The problem seems to happen even after following the directions listed above. If this happens to you please follow these direction as well.
  1. Navigate to your profile wall by clicking the “Profile” link at the top of your facebook home page.
  2. Once on your profile page click “Info” right below your profile picture, then Scroll down to the heading “Activities and Interests” and click the “Edit” link to the right.
  3. At the bottom of the Edit Activities and Interests page click the “Show Other Pages” link.
  4. The “Other Pages You Like” Dialog Box will open and from there you can scroll through your list of liked pages and remove the ones you don’t want by clicking the “Remove Page” Button..

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Fake Video Alert: Erotic Surpize in a Store

March 20, 2011 Leave a comment


 Are you seeing this on your walls?

 Its a Click Jacking scam that does not lead to a video

  Its a survey scam.

Damage Control ( Like-Jacking )


What Like-Jacking Means.
Like-Jacking is a Facebook-enabled Click-Jacking attack that tricks Facebook users into clicking a hidden “Like Button” on External web pages. Most Facebook users are unaware that a like-jacking has taken place due to the fact the like button is usually hidden behind a fake video play button or some other object on the web page. Users will instinctively click these fake objects thinking they are harmless. Many Facebook users end up leaving the Scam sitting on their wall for days because they never knew it happened. Their friends come along and fall right in to the same trap once they click. AVOID IT. Read and share this with your friends.

Damage Control ( For those who have fallen victim. )

How to Recover From Like-Jacking
If you have fallen victim to a Like-Jacking scam, you need to clean up your facebook profile immediately. You can do this by simply removing the “Like” made to your wall. This will ensure that you do not continue to assist the scam artist in spreading his Like-Jacking ruse to your friends and even further throughout the facebook network. .

How To Remove A Like Message From Your Wall
  1. Navigate to your profile wall by clicking the “Profile” link at the top of your facebook home page.
  2. Scroll down your profile wall till you locate the like, then click on the little “X” at the top right corner of the message. 
  3. Select “Remove And Unlike” from the menu and the message/Like will be removed.
How To Remove A Unwanted like From Your “Liked Pages List”
A few facebook users have complained about the unwanted “Likes” remaining in their “Liked Pages List”. This  list is located in your profile info area, in the “Activities and Interests” section, under the “Show Other Pages” link. The problem seems to happen even after following the directions listed above. If this happens to you please follow these direction as well.
  1. Navigate to your profile wall by clicking the “Profile” link at the top of your facebook home page.
  2. Once on your profile page click “Info” right below your profile picture, then Scroll down to the heading “Activities and Interests” and click the “Edit” link to the right.
  3. At the bottom of the Edit Activities and Interests page click the “Show Other Pages” link.
  4. The “Other Pages You Like” Dialog Box will open and from there you can scroll through your list of liked pages and remove the ones you don’t want by clicking the “Remove Page” Button..

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Scam Alert :99% of people CAN’T STOP LAUGHING at this video!

March 11, 2011 Leave a comment


Clickjacking:


Defined – A malicious technique of tricking Web users into revealing confidential information or taking control of their computer while clicking on seemingly innocent looking Web pages. It will usually execute without the user’s knowledge, through a button on the web page that appears to perform another function.
Examples can be as follows: The user receives an email with a link to a video about a news item, but another valid page, say a product page on amazon.com, can be “hidden” on top or underneath the “PLAY” button of the news video. The user tries to “play” the video but actually “buys” the product from Amazon.

Other known exploits have been: 


* Tricking users to enable their webcam and microphone through Flash (which has since been corrected by Adobe);

* Tricking users to make their social networking profile information public.

* Making users follow someone on Twitter.

* Share links on Facebook.


To Remove Applications you have installed http://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=applications


Facebook Clean Up
You need to be aware that if you have installed any bad apps into your facebook profile or clicked any clickjacked or likejacked links within facebook, you may be currently spamming your wall and or your friends news feeds with the apps or links viral/scam messages. If this has occurred you must remove the messages from your wall by deleting the post and or remove the rogue app by uninstalling it from your facebook profile.

How to remove an Application from your profile:
If you have made the mistake of following thru with the install of a rogue application, Please do the following:
  1. Navigate to your Privacy settings- (Click Account, then “Privacy Settings”).
  2. Then under the heading “Applications, Games, and Websites” click “Edit Settings”.
  3. To the right of the heading “Applications You Use” Click the “Edit Settings” button.
  4. Finally find the application name in your list and click the “Little X” to the right of that name. Follow the facebook prompt to remove the app.
What to do if you’ve downloaded Software to your Computer
If you have followed one of the links on facebook to an external website or downloaded a piece of software you are unsure of and believe you may have got a virus infection, I suggest you immediately uninstall any software you may have installed, then run a virus check on your system.



Tip: If you follow these 10 facebook anti-hacked commandments, you will be less vulnerable to having your facebook account hacked. 
1. Never give out your facebook user name & password.

2. Keep the email address associated with your facebook account under lock and key.

3. Use strong passwords.

4. Don’t click links while on facebook or other web locations indiscriminately.

5. Don’t follow any emails to facebook.

6. Make sure you are logging onto http://www.facebook.com

7. Don’t accept every friend request sent your way.

8. Do not leave your computer on with your Facebook account open.

9. Be sure to have a fully working and Up-To-Date anti virus software on your computer.

10. Share these commandments with everyone on facebook.

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Rogue Application: My Top Facebook Profile Stalkers

March 11, 2011 Leave a comment


Have you seen this Post to your wall?

Its from a Fake application here



The Permissions


The Survey Scam


From Facebook:
Privacy: Who can see my profile and content?Can others know when I view their profiles?


Applications CANNOT track profile visits for users who simply go to another person’s profile; Facebook has made this technically impossible. 


In order to be tracked by an application, you will need to specifically agree to allow the application to track your actions. 


Adding an application that provides this functionality is purely optional. If you do not want to participate, please do not add the application to your account.
Applications CANNOT track profile visits for users who simply go to another person’s profile; Facebook has made this technically impossible. 
In order to be tracked by an application, you will need to specifically agree to allow the application to track your actions. 


Adding an application that provides this functionality is purely optional. If you do not want to participate, please do not add the application to your account.
In order to be tracked by an application, you will need to specifically agree to allow the application to track your actions. 
Adding an application that provides this functionality is purely optional. If you do not want to participate, please do not add the application to your account.
Adding an application that provides this functionality is purely optional. If you do not want to participate, please do not add the application to your account.
Rogue Application:
Defined – There are weaknesses in facebook that allow unscrupulous facebook application developers access to your facebook information and to use your facebook account as a means to spread a fake viral message/ad across facebook. Once you install a rogue app it does not function as promised. It instead mines your data and/or spam’s your wall in an attempt to spread itself to your friends and throughout facebook.

Facebook currently does not provide an application that allows users to track profile views or statistics on the views of any specific user content. Third party developers, however, may offer applications that provide some of this functionality. Please keep a few things in mind for these applications: 


Clickjacking:

Defined – A malicious technique of tricking Web users into revealing confidential information or taking control of their computer while clicking on seemingly innocent looking Web pages. It will usually execute without the user’s knowledge, through a button on the web page that appears to perform another function.


Examples can be as follows: The user receives an email with a link to a video about a news item, but another valid page, say a product page on amazon.com, can be “hidden” on top or underneath the “PLAY” button of the news video. The user tries to “play” the video but actually “buys” the product from Amazon.


Other known exploits have been: 


* Tricking users to enable their webcam and microphone through Flash (which has since been corrected by Adobe);

* Tricking users to make their social networking profile information public.

* Making users follow someone on Twitter.

* Share links on Facebook.


To Remove Applications you have installed http://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=applications

Facebook Clean Up
You need to be aware that if you have installed any bad apps into your facebook profile or clicked any clickjacked or likejacked links within facebook, you may be currently spamming your wall and or your friends news feeds with the apps or links viral/scam messages. If this has occurred you must remove the messages from your wall by deleting the post and or remove the rogue app by uninstalling it from your facebook profile.

How to remove an Application from your profile:
If you have made the mistake of following thru with the install of a rogue application, Please do the following:
  1. Navigate to your Privacy settings- (Click Account, then “Privacy Settings”).
  2. Then under the heading “Applications, Games, and Websites” click “Edit Settings”.
  3. To the right of the heading “Applications You Use” Click the “Edit Settings” button.
  4. Finally find the application name in your list and click the “Little X” to the right of that name. Follow the facebook prompt to remove the app.
What to do if you’ve downloaded Software to your Computer
If you have followed one of the links on facebook to an external website or downloaded a piece of software you are unsure of and believe you may have got a virus infection, I suggest you immediately uninstall any software you may have installed, then run a virus check on your system.


Tip: If you follow these 10 facebook anti-hacked commandments, you will be less vulnerable to having your facebook account hacked. 


1. Never give out your facebook user name & password.

2. Keep the email address associated with your facebook account under lock and key.

3. Use strong passwords.

4. Don’t click links while on facebook or other web locations indiscriminately.

5. Don’t follow any emails to facebook.

6. Make sure you are logging onto http://www.facebook.com

7. Don’t accept every friend request sent your way.

8. Do not leave your computer on with your Facebook account open.

9. Be sure to have a fully working and Up-To-Date anti virus software on your computer.

10. Share these commandments with everyone on facebook.

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