Question: Has Avast virus database included the facebook virus stuff yet? Mine has not found any virus, but Facebook says I have one and cannot log in until it’s cleared.
Reason for Question:
So… they got real sneaky with those chat box link viruses… the guy I was talking to was actually talking to me while it made him post the photo. He was unaware of it and because we were talking, I clicked it. I went to a different page, and saw the ‘photo had been moved’ and it prompted me to click on something to download. I immediately closed all windows and went back and told the guy he was sending malware and reported him.
Now, facebook says ‘it appears you have a virus’ and my account has been suspended until it is fixed. It says I can follow steps to get rid of it, including a free download from Mcaffee, associated with Facebook. Instead, I ran all scans using Avast (free), and the windows malicious software removal tool, none of which said I had anything wrong… after that, and studying the facebook pages and urls, I downloaded the mcaffey, which I know was dumb, but everything did look legit at this point. I still can’t log in. of course, when I ran it… it did nothing.
I am a bad, bad monkey.