Comments on: Facebook “Un Named App” scare leads to malware

By: abdullah zafar

abdullah zafar — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:20:26 +0000

Well guys if its the application of facebook than facebook must have announce about it before or else this must not be there product.

By: David Oropallo

David Oropallo — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:12:40 +0000

My wife uses IE8 to surf Facebook, and 3 or 4 times in the last month she has called me to ask what should she click, a message has popped up that our PC has been infected or is running a risk and needs an immediate scan. I have Eset Smart Security, so that isn’t the message, what she is getting is similar to the AntiVirus 2009 maleware that made the rounds. She can’t click on anything to close it without launching it. I just have her Alt>F4 out, and then scan with Eset and Malewarebytes, but nothing comes up. This always happens when she is viewing someone’s photos.
I never get this because I use FireFox for my surfing, and something isn’t enabled to allow that bug to run. I have tried different security settings in IE8, adjusting scripting and Java, but then it won’t function properly on other pages. At a loss.

By: Facebook e l’Applicazione Senza Nome « Paoblog

Facebook e l’Applicazione Senza Nome « Paoblog — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:46:45 +0000

[...] Trend Micro conferma, ma sottolinea che c’è in realtà un rischio legato a quest’allarme: quello che i creatori di siti-trappola sfruttino le ricerche in Google delle parole dell’appello da parte degli utenti preoccupati, ottimizzando le proprie pagine per apparire in cima a questi risultati e quindi attirare vittime potenziali. Non andate in giro a casaccio per Internet, insomma. [...]

By: suzieque

suzieque — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:14:51 +0000

geekdrop.com has a great thread on this subject. It also has instructions on how to get it back if you have deleted it.

http://geekdrop.com/content/facebook-spybot-how-to-remove#comment-17347

By: Tweets that mention Facebook “Un Named App” scare leads to malware » CounterMeasures -- Topsy.com

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:47:41 +0000

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By: Facebook “Un Named App” scare leads to malware « The GANSEC Security Weblog

Facebook “Un Named App” scare leads to malware « The GANSEC Security Weblog — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:58:25 +0000

[...] Here is the article. [...] Nothing to worry about here as far as your Facebook is concerned, this does not appear to be a genuine malicious app. In fact a thread on Yahoo answers appears to demonstrate in a reproducible fashion that “Un named App” is nothing more than your “Boxes” tab on your Facebook profile page. [...]

By: Blogs

Blogs — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:52:13 +0000

[...] | Author Profile I have just been reading another blog post from Rik Ferguson of Trend Micro fame about a Facebook-spread scare of the “Un Named [...]