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dethbysnusnu

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Posted July 7, '10 9:32am UTC

further info.. I have avg free up to date and spybot up to date along with regular cc cleaner almost every 2-3 days.

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dethbysnusnu

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Nomad

Posted July 7, '10 9:39am UTC

furthermore i play games from armorgames, freeworldgroup, and newgrounds. any info is much appreciated.

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Secretmapper

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Posted July 7, '10 10:15am UTC

I think this should be in support and suggestions but anyways....

Viruses can be from anywhere. It could be from sites you visited,files you opened, and even the antivirus itself.

I could help you more if you have become more specific.

I've been getting spam send from me in facebook.

Do you mean messages from users you don't know? Those are very common. It involves somebody to send a message to anybody, but it can or cannot necessarily be a virus.

After some looking into a lot of people have been saying playing free games and other such downloads can be the cause of getting spam bots taking over your account. Is such claims true?

Taking over your account? Well that is a lot more complex. Maybe you clicked a link, and the link was a cookie stealer. And is your account really taken over?(you don't have control in it.) or maybe what you meant was messages flooding your inbox.

Please be more specific. I could probably help you. I'm a hacker, programmer and a virus maker, so yeah sort of.

I think this should be in support and suggestions but anyways....\r\n\r\nViruses can be from anywhere. It could be from sites you visited,files you opened, and even the antivirus itself.\r\n\r\nI could help you more if you have become more specific.\r\n\r\n[quote]I've been getting spam send from me in facebook.[/quote]\r\n\r\nDo you mean messages from users you don't know? Those are very common. It involves somebody to send a message to anybody, but it can or cannot necessarily be a virus.\r\n\r\n[quote]\r\nAfter some looking into a lot of people have been saying playing free games and other such downloads can be the cause of getting spam bots taking over your account. Is such claims true?[/quote]\r\n\r\nTaking over your account? Well that is a lot more complex. Maybe you clicked a link, and the link was a cookie stealer. And is your account really taken over?(you don't have control in it.) or maybe what you meant was messages flooding your inbox.\r\n\r\nPlease be more specific. I could probably help you. I'm a hacker, programmer and a virus maker, so yeah sort of.

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Blankness

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Posted July 7, '10 3:08pm UTC

OMG! A |-|4xx3!?!!! Lol. Couldn't help it, back on subject...
Messeges from people you don't know is a very common issue, but what most people don't realise, is that they have been sent from other people... They are not takeing over your account.

Plus, more then one anti-virus can counteract each other, so the work agienat and not with. This ia bad becouse it means that when you run one, the other see's it and runs itself, then it's war till one turns off

if the link you clicked was a cookie stealer, then there really is no reason to be afread... Right? That just tells somone where you have been... Idk about this one

if it is a real, scary virus and it is on your computer then that means that you downloaded somthing to make it want to install itself.

So, in conclushion, what I would do is to go here[url=http://bitdefender.com] and click run online scan. This will clean your computer completly. No
after what you have. Ifthe virus is on your FB page, then get a new one...

But yes, we need more info... If I had more I might be able to tell you what type of virus it is, and what it does. What is happening to your facebook account? Can you log in? If you go to your page, is all your Info there?

OMG! A |-|4xx3!?!!! Lol. Couldn't help it, back on subject... \r\nMesseges from people you don't know is a very common issue, but what most people don't realise, is that they have been sent from other people... They are not takeing over your account.\r\n\r\nPlus, more then one anti-virus can counteract each other, so the work agienat and not with. This ia bad becouse it means that when you run one, the other see's it and runs itself, then it's war till one turns off\r\n\r\nif the link you clicked was a cookie stealer, then there really is no reason to be afread... Right? That just tells somone where you have been... Idk about this one\r\n\r\nif it is a real, scary virus and it is on your computer then that means that you downloaded somthing to make it want to install itself.\r\n\r\nSo, in conclushion, what I would do is to go here[url=http://bitdefender.com] and click run online scan. This will clean your computer completly. No \r\nafter what you have. Ifthe virus is on your FB page, then get a new one... \r\n\r\nBut yes, we need more info... If I had more I might be able to tell you what type of virus it is, and what it does. What is happening to your facebook account? Can you log in? If you go to your page, is all your Info there?

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Elitemagical

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Posted July 7, '10 3:18pm UTC

I've been getting spam send from me in facebook.

Like SecretMapper said, are you sure it isn't some dick deciding to flood your inbox? Look at the times that the message was sent, look at activity on the account or accounts related to it and use certain factors to deduce whether it's a real human aggravating you or a program.

Another thing, shouldn't there be a user blocking function of social networking sites? Especially a popular one like Facebook? Why don't you just block them?

After some looking into a lot of people have been saying playing free games and other such downloads

Yes. Any download can include malicious codes, websites can download viruses without your permission and I wouldn't be surprised if a Flash web applet could also harm your computer. I doubt it would be from Flash games, Armor Games is safe, NewGrounds is also relatively safe - haven't heard of the other site you use, you might want to look into that one. You could have clicked a link to a dodgy website or something.

getting spam bots taking over your account. Is such claims true?

Technically not but the principle remains true. A spam bots function is not to hijack account - as implied, it is to spam. However, most hackers aren't friendly enough to give you a single-function program, they'll give you a back-door or trojan horse which allows for all kinds of other viruses to come in - and maybe you're just seeing the effect of one?

Consider yourself lucky if all you got was a spam-bot.

Makes me very nervous playing new flash games being posted is there is a threat they where posted to steal your info.

All the games that qualify for posting on Armor Games are all safe and the majority of games, I'd say, are from programmers who've made multiple games here in the past, so you can trust them. You've just got to make sure you're not clicking any links you're unsure about or downloading stuff because it "looks cool" - downloads probably being the biggest method for distributing malicious programs.

further info.. I have avg free up to date and spybot up to date along with regular cc cleaner almost every 2-3 days.

AVG Free is pathetic, there's not much point trusting detection rates with it. In fact, none of AVG's products are good compared to other paid AVs and internet security suites - ESET NOD32, Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 and TrustPort, for example.

Spybot is pretty good and normally it has some good detection rates. Keep scanning with it, it should definitely notice spam bots since it looks a lot of those kind of nuisances.

CCleaner really does not matter. It's a registry cleaner, not a virus scanner and it does not have a database of malicious software/code. Maybe it might, by chance, find dormant viruses, but the chance of it helping you find the spam-bot is very low. Also registry cleaning every 3 days is seriously over-kill.

You might also want to try free online scanners. F-Secure have a free online scan, and I think Kaspersky's free online scanner service is up and running again. Good luck!

[quote]I've been getting spam send from me in facebook.[/quote]\r\n\r\nLike SecretMapper said, are you sure it isn't some dick deciding to flood your inbox?  Look at the times that the message was sent, look at activity on the account or accounts related to it and use certain factors to deduce whether it's a real human aggravating you or a program.\r\n\r\nAnother thing, shouldn't there be a user blocking function of social networking sites?  Especially a popular one like Facebook?  Why don't you just block them?\r\n\r\n[quote]After some looking into a lot of people have been saying playing free games and other such downloads[/quote]\r\n\r\nYes.  Any download can include malicious codes, websites can download viruses without your permission and I wouldn't be surprised if a Flash web applet could also harm your computer.  I doubt it would be from Flash games, Armor Games is safe, NewGrounds is also relatively safe - haven't heard of the other site you use, you might want to look into that one.  You could have clicked a link to a dodgy website or something.\r\n\r\n[quote]getting spam bots taking over your account. Is such claims true?[/quote]\r\n\r\nTechnically not but the principle remains true.  A spam bots function is not to hijack account - as implied, it is to spam.  However, most hackers aren't friendly enough to give you a single-function program, they'll give you a back-door or trojan horse which allows for all kinds of other viruses to come in - and maybe you're just seeing the effect of one?\r\n\r\nConsider yourself lucky if all you got was a spam-bot.  \r\n\r\n[quote]Makes me very nervous playing new flash games being posted is there is a threat they where posted to steal your info.[/quote]\r\n\r\nAll the games that qualify for posting on Armor Games are all safe and the majority of games, I'd say, are from programmers who've made multiple games here in the past, so you can trust them.  You've just got to make sure you're not clicking any links you're unsure about or downloading stuff because it "looks cool" - downloads probably being the biggest method for distributing malicious programs.\r\n\r\n[quote]further info.. I have avg free up to date and spybot up to date along with regular cc cleaner almost every 2-3 days.[/quote]\r\n\r\nAVG Free is pathetic, there's not much point trusting detection rates with it.  In fact, none of AVG's products are good compared to other paid AVs and internet security suites - ESET NOD32, Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 and TrustPort, for example.\r\n\r\nSpybot is pretty good and normally it has some good detection rates.  Keep scanning with it, it should definitely notice spam bots since it looks a lot of those kind of nuisances.\r\n\r\nCCleaner really does not matter.  It's a registry cleaner, not a virus scanner and it does not have a database of malicious software/code.  Maybe it might, by chance, find dormant viruses, but the chance of it helping you find the spam-bot is very low.  Also registry cleaning every 3 days is seriously over-kill.\r\n\r\nYou might also want to try free online scanners.  F-Secure have a free online scan, and I think Kaspersky's free online scanner service is up and running again.  Good luck!

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