Facebook Spammers Hit High-Performance Contacts

**Matt Trulio** · 03-02-2010 12:29 PM

Just a heads-up: Like me, many of you have lots of folks in the high-performance powerboat world as your Facebook friends. In the past three days, I have received roughly 10 spam messages containing viruses disguised as non-existent YouTube videos. But here's the thing: All of them have come from my contacts in the go-fast boat world.

How whatever low-life crawled out from under his or her rock and created this junk is beyond me and, because I work on a Mac, I'm mostly immune to PC viruses. But I just want you guys to be aware that if you get some Facebook message from a performance-boat buddy with a YouTube link, don't open it.

It's spam.

**DollaBill** · 03-02-2010 12:32 PM

azzholes

**Geronimo36** · 03-02-2010 12:35 PM

Yeah, I saw one of those links on Crockett's FB page...

**jeff1000man** · 03-02-2010 12:36 PM

Originally Posted by Matt Trulio

Just a heads-up: Like me, many of you have lots of folks in the high-performance powerboat world as your Facebook friends. In the past three days, I have received roughly 10 spam messages containing viruses disguised as non-existent YouTube videos. But here's the thing: All of them have come from my contacts in the go-fast boat world.

How whatever low-life crawled out from under his or her rock and created this junk is beyond me and, because I work on a Mac, I'm mostly immune to PC viruses. But I just want you guys to be aware that if you get some Facebook message from a performance-boat buddy with a YouTube link, don't open it.

It's spam.

I got one yesterday. I didn't open it since I figured it was, then I got a real message saying that it was. if I had opened it, it would have sent the virus to everyone on my friend list. Probably just a coincidence it is from high perf guys.

**Sammyb713** · 03-02-2010 12:46 PM

I had one of these over the weekend...deleted my friends and posted some weird stuff under my name, luckily i caught it in time, i just had to change my password and refresh some things.

**cigdaze** · 03-02-2010 12:55 PM

Thanks for the head's-up, Matt.

**Slandrew** · 03-02-2010 01:00 PM

I got off Facebook months ago!I miss it a little but was advised to stay away

**LEOPAJM** · 03-02-2010 01:05 PM

Originally Posted by Slandrew

I got off Facebook months ago!I miss it a little but was advised to stay away

How do you unsubscribe ?

**Big Time** · 03-02-2010 01:08 PM

I bet it was a blowboater that did it!

**Wrinkleface** · 03-02-2010 02:09 PM

Originally Posted by CigDaze

Thanks for the head's-up, Matt.

**Chris** · 03-02-2010 02:37 PM

Two words...

Norton Antivirus.

This was passed on to me by a friend

Don't download anything from Facebook. If you already have, start at the top of this list. Install the products one at a time. After you install each one, be sure to install all of their updates. Have each one complete a full scan before proceeding to the next one. One of these *should* fix your problem. Work down the list until your problem disappears. Keep in mind that everyone of these things is either free of charge or open source. That also means that the updates are free. Running the software with out the updates is the same as not running it at all. In addition to anti-virus software, you should also have anti-spyware software.

You should use more than one anti-spyware package because there is no one spyware package that will detect everything. Each one will pick up things that the others miss. Part of this is based on what gets submitted to the people who make the software which in turn is based on what the users encounter. There are so many that its hard to create a comprehensive list of everything out there that spies on you.

When you're done, be sure to go to Windows Update and apply ALL of the patches. Don't just run the "Express" updates. Run "Custom" and pick all of the software that's available to you. It make take several times before you no longer have patches. Once that's done, be sure to turn on your automatic updates. For Windows XP - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306525. For Vista - http://www.microsoft.com/protect/compute…

Make sure that you're not running a cracked version of Windows or other software packages. Software doesn't get cracked for the benefit of humanity. It gets cracked because a hacker somewhere wants you run his software on your computer. That means he can use your computer to serve porn and send spam. Or capture your user names and passwords for identity theft.

1) Spybot Search & Destroy http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index…

2) Windows Defender - http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security…

3) Lavasoft Adware - http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad_a…

4) Clamwin Antivirus - http://www.clamwin.com/

5) Fsecure Black Light - http://www.f-secure.com/blacklight/

**DollaBill** · 03-02-2010 02:47 PM

Honestly, I don't mind spreading a little porn now and then LOL

**Geronimo36** · 03-02-2010 03:16 PM

the links or so fake, it's easy to see.... just look at the syntax before clicking and you'll know it's bogus....

**Matt Trulio** · 03-02-2010 03:18 PM

Originally Posted by jeff1000man

I got one yesterday. I didn't open it since I figured it was, then I got a real message saying that it was. if I had opened it, it would have sent the virus to everyone on my friend list. Probably just a coincidence it is from high perf guys.

Hey Jeff,

Yeah, I would chalk it up to coincidence, too, but every piece of viral spam I got this time around was from a high-performance contact, from Gary Stray at Geico/AMF to Ian Hawkins at Ilmor. If it is in fact concidence, it's a weird one.

Chris is dead right in terms of the cure.

**PARADOX** · 03-02-2010 03:39 PM

I got a few of those Youtube thingies too. Didn't know what it was and I couldn't open it. However.. my computer been acting up for weeks. Keep freezing up.. etc. GGGRRRRrr

**glassdave** · 03-02-2010 03:45 PM

got no less then a dozen of those links in the past few days or so from various friends. I dont use my facebook account for anything and rarely go on anyway. I just deleted them all. Got one from Charlie McCarthy a couple months ago that said "hey i found a sexy picture of you heres a link to it" lol . . . . i suspected that one right from the get go

**DollaBill** · 03-02-2010 03:47 PM

Originally Posted by glassdave

got no less then a dozen of those links in the past few days or so from various friends. I dont use my facebook account for anything and rarely go on anyway. I just deleted them all. Got one from Charlie McCarthy a couple months ago that said "hey i found a sexy picture of you heres a link to it" lol . . . . i suspected that one right from the get go

Thats funny because I got one from Ritchie and thought the same thing LOL

**MarylandMark** · 03-02-2010 03:49 PM

Originally Posted by LEOPAJM

How do you unsubscribe ?

http://www.facebook.com/editaccount.php

I deactivated mine last week- never went there and never gave a crap how many chickens some ones farm had.

If you deactivate your account from the "Deactivate Account" section on the Account page, your profile and all information associated with it are immediately made inaccessible to other Facebook users. What this means is that you effectively disappear from the Facebook service. However, if you want to reactivate at some point, we do save your profile information (friends, photos, interests, etc.), and your account will look just the way it did when you deactivated if you decide to reactivate it. Many users deactivate their accounts for temporary reasons and expect their information to be there when they return to the service.

If you do not think you will use Facebook again and would like your account deleted, please keep in mind that you will not be able to reactivate your account or retrieve any of the content or information you have added. If you would like your account permanently deleted with no option for recovery, log in to your account and then submit your request by clicking here.

Delete account at this link:

http://www.facebook.com/help/contact...delete_account

**ChiefApache** · 03-02-2010 04:33 PM

I deactivated my FB account in January. Got a virus from it last year so we now have Norton, but the web runs way too slow using the anti-virus.

I don't miss FB at all, but I miss talking to those I haven't seen (old friends, not HS) in years. I don't miss the BS of people getting pizzy when they see pics at a function we were at asking why they weren't included.

Grow the f**k up. FB is too much like HS IMO.

**Indy** · 03-02-2010 07:31 PM

Originally Posted by Chris

Two words...

Norton Antivirus.

One word...Mac

Norton failed me big time last year and a virus got through and caused a catastrophic failure of my PC. I can't tell you how devastating it was since it also housed my business information.

I'm done with PC, I couldn't be happier with my Mac.

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