Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Beware of this facebook virus

Since many days I have been watching there is a video link of some individual in facebook which is tagged by some of their friends saying this is your video and this is some kind of spoof runs on an individual's facebook profile, never open that link and this is a virus generated by hackers and this uses the individual's profile picture that looks damn legitimate If you click that video, your contacts on Facebook are automatically scanned by the virus and it automatically sends a similar link to all your friends on Facebook.
This is like a chain video and it will grip anyone and everyone who clicks the video.
If something similar has happened to you, immediately alert all your friends or contacts on Facebook to not open the video. This way you can stop spreading the virus further.
How to identify the virus?
The video generally comes in this file format : http://rigvtl1f.latestnewstodays.com
It uses your pic, profile pic, etc
It tags your friends automatically
Immediately alert your friends if you see such video being posted from your timeline
How to get rid of it if you have already opened it?
Go to your activity log and delete all these posts
Remove all the suspicious apps from your Facebook profile
Clear your browser, cache and cookeis and get rid of all malicious history
Check your Desktop for any virus and scan it through your antivirus