Facebook "virus" - don't try it on your real account

Re:Facebook "virus" - don't try it on your real account by cemregr on Monday April 26, 2010 @01:15AM (#1294171)

I found this fascinating so I'm posting it. It asks the user to copy-paste JS code in the URL bar, which is obfuscated code that automatically suggests the page to all your friends. And it redirects to a SMS scam. Wow!

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Re:Facebook "virus" - don't try it on your real account by cmelbye on Monday April 26, 2010 @01:19AM (#1294176)

Yeah, I'm ashamed to say that I fell for it. Thinking that it would simply show a request dialog with all of my friends selected (like other pages), I ran the Javascript. In hindsight, that was a moronic and dangerous thing to do, and I ended up bugging all of my friends about it...

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Re:Facebook "virus" - don't try it on your real account by ElbertF on Monday April 26, 2010 @02:02AM (#1294232)

If you want I can send you an .exe file that will protect you from scams like these.

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Re:Facebook "virus" - don't try it on your real account by Mathnerd314 on Monday April 26, 2010 @02:11AM (#1294249)

firefox.exe? with noscript preinstalled?

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Re:Facebook "virus" - don't try it on your real account by ygd on Monday April 26, 2010 @02:03AM (#1294235)

Too bad I run Linux.

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Re:Facebook "virus" - don't try it on your real account by jrockway on Monday April 26, 2010 @02:08AM (#1294240)

Most viruses run fine under wine.

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