Yesterday a colleague of mine forwarded me an email that she had got in the name of another colleague. The title of the email was “Facebook Password Reset Confirmation”. The reply-to address was given as service@facebook.com which was a little strange because whenever I get a mail from facebook, the domain is always facebookmail.com. I got suspicious and decided to investigate the issue.
Upon looking into the mail closely, there was an attachment named Facebook_Password_3eb0e.zip. To this point I was sure that this was a virus or something. I uploaded the attachment to virustotal.com which is a service which scans the file through all major antivirus systems. You can see the results by going to the following link:
Virus Total Results For Facebook Virus
You can see that most of the antivirus systems have identified the Facebook_Password_3eb0e.zip file as a trojan.
So what does this trojan do? Upon opening and running Facebook_Password_3eb0e.zip, it will call rogue anti spywares and will inject its own code in legitimate Windows processes like svchost.exe. And a lot of other things things to infect the system fully.
And how did it manage to send it from my friend’s facebook account? Most probably, your friend’s account has been compromised. Facebook is aware of the situation and advises to change the password of your facebook account immediately if it has been sent from your account or if it is from your friend’s account, ask them to change their passwords immediately and scan their computers with an up to date antivirus.
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I’m having a problem resetting my password and creating a new one. I received confirmation in my e-mail. Please help???
My facebook problem log in again
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Confirmation code
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My confirmation code is PxAFQtUMK
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forget my password
i can’t access my account.
i forgot my password iwant to change my password but i dont know the password
@david jan
You can go to the following URL, fill in the form and submit it for recovering your password:
https://www.facebook.com/recover.php
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please, reset my facebook password.
Can’t recover my password
pls i try to open my face book, for several time but i can’t open it. I dont u why…
I register with facebook but I can not log in and my email is unknown what must I do?
I am having trouble signing in to face book fot about two weeks now.This something.I have never had anything this to hppen before.I have done everything that you told me to do.Please help me.
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I find it difficult to reset my password. I forgot my password
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I forget my password
My younger entered wrong password
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I forgot my password and i tried resetting it and could not log back in.
Please help me reset my password, I’ve tried couple of time now I need your assistance. thank you in advance.
Unfinishing on my facebook
notification frm facebook saying one step to complete yo sign up plz help
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CANT LOGIN OR REST MY PASSWORD
ive got the reset password code with me and i dnt knw how to reset it nw
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I can not acces my facebook
Can acces my facebook.
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hope i can acces my facebook now that i have changed my e-mail address
I deactivated my acount with my email bt i have changed my email address and a comfirmation as been sent there please help me out!!!
i forgot my password for facebook
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i lost my phone and my resert password is being sent to my phone,i want it to be sent to my email
plz confirm my facebook acount
panu mang hack ng account sa facebook?