Facebook hacked...Virus alert.

icehog3 · 11-10-2009, 11:04 PM

Friends,

It appears someone has hacked my Facebook account and sent out a link regarding a "job opportunity" to all my friends. I fear this might be a virus, please do not open any links from anything that claims to be from me. I haven't sent out a Facebook message for weeks. I have changed my password in hopes that this ends here.

Tom

T.G · 11-10-2009, 11:46 PM

Not knowing any specific details of this incident beyond what you mentioned, but having seen and dealt with a number of my users suffering from them recently I would advise you also change the password of any associated email accounts, and any other accounts that you might have that use the same password as the compromised account. Also, check all of your email accounts to see if the "reply to" setting has been changed to another account (ie: theirs) and that if forwarding and/or POP3/IMAP has been enabled when you did not specifically enable it.

kaelaria · 11-10-2009, 11:54 PM

This happened to a couple of my friends lately. I get spam ridden messages with fake links - then they start posting to friends walls. Good thing you noticed early.

icehog3 · 11-11-2009, 12:01 AM

Thank you for the tips Adam.

11-10-2009, 11:04 PM	#1
icehog3 Admiral Douchebag Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Tom Location: Clermont, Kentucky Posts: 71,266 Trading: (60)	Facebook hacked...Virus alert. Friends, It appears someone has hacked my Facebook account and sent out a link regarding a "job opportunity" to all my friends. I fear this might be a virus, please do not open any links from anything that claims to be from me. I haven't sent out a Facebook message for weeks. I have changed my password in hopes that this ends here. Tom __________________ Thanks Dave, Julian, James, Kelly, Peter, Gerry, Dave, Mo, Frank, Týr and Mr. Mark!

11-10-2009, 11:46 PM	#2
T.G Grrrrrr Join Date: Mar 2009 First Name: The Other Adam Posts: 15,557 Trading: (37)	Re: Facebook hacked...Virus alert. Not knowing any specific details of this incident beyond what you mentioned, but having seen and dealt with a number of my users suffering from them recently I would advise you also change the password of any associated email accounts, and any other accounts that you might have that use the same password as the compromised account. Also, check all of your email accounts to see if the "reply to" setting has been changed to another account (ie: theirs) and that if forwarding and/or POP3/IMAP has been enabled when you did not specifically enable it.

11-10-2009, 11:54 PM	#3
kaelaria Cigarobsession.com Baby! Join Date: Mar 2009 First Name: Bryan Location: Holiday, FL Posts: 736 Trading: (3)	Re: Facebook hacked...Virus alert. This happened to a couple of my friends lately. I get spam ridden messages with fake links - then they start posting to friends walls. Good thing you noticed early. __________________ Cigar Videos

11-11-2009, 12:01 AM	#4
icehog3 Admiral Douchebag Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Tom Location: Clermont, Kentucky Posts: 71,266 Trading: (60)	Re: Facebook hacked...Virus alert. Thank you for the tips Adam. __________________ Thanks Dave, Julian, James, Kelly, Peter, Gerry, Dave, Mo, Frank, Týr and Mr. Mark!

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