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Malware causes problems when you use Facebook
« on: June 30, 2015, 03:29:36 PM »
 got this message from face book

It looks like your computer is being affected by malware. We’ll help you fix the problem to keep your account secure and prevent malware from spreading to friends.
Malware is software that tries to steal personal information and causes problems when you use Facebook. Clicking or sharing links that contain spam can give your computer malware

they want to fix the problem. not shaw if its lijit, why is it not being fixed by my avasti
regards wayne
paid and have account

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Re: Malware causes problems when you use Facebook
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2015, 08:42:20 PM »
Facebook is not offering to remove malware.
The message is fake.

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Re: Malware causes problems when you use Facebook
« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2015, 09:59:13 AM »
That is not helping with removal at all.
That is just saying "Hé download this tool and good luck with it"

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Re: Malware causes problems when you use Facebook
« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2015, 10:33:39 AM »
That is not helping with removal at all.
Well, according to FB, it does. ;)
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...in the past three months we have helped clean up more than 2 million people's computers that we detected were infected with malware when they connected to Facebook. In these cases, we present a cleanup tool that runs in the background while you continue using Facebook, and you get a notification when the scan is done to show you what it found.
But as I don't use FB, I can't comment on the quality of this service...
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