Question about a virus - on facebook.

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Sputnik
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Question about a virus - on facebook.

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I got an email from my uncle saying that when he clicks on my facebook image (I assume profile pic?) his virus checker pops up that its JS.Obfusicated.Gen virus. What is it and why isn't my virus checker catching it??
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Re: Question about a virus - on facebook. (Sputnik)

Post by keithvibe »

sounds like your uncle has a HTML virus. Don't know if Facebook knows about it or not yet... A lot of people are getting this from facebook atmSome have also said to run malware biteshttp://download.cnet.com/Malwa...97763
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Re: Question about a virus - on facebook. (keithvibe)

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I use Malware Bites too.
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Re: Question about a virus - on facebook. (lovemyraffe)

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+2, Works well!
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