How to remove Facebook Chat Virus “hi. how are you?” AKA KOOBFACE
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Sample Chat :
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Sample Chat :
The sample website :“hi. how are you?”*If you reply , it will sent you :*“Wanna laugh? ”*If you reply again , it will sent you :*“It is you on the video ?)) want to see?)”*If you reply again , it will sent you the virus link*
Will my computer get infected once I clicked the link ?
No ! Unless you download some files from the link. (Currently they use drive-by method)
HOW TO FIX!
If your computer is infected and can’t access to Facebook , please refer to Method 1.
Method 1 :Windows operating systems contain a file called ‘hosts’ that will force resolution of your domain name.
- Open the hosts file
- Go to the Start menu and choose Run. Type the following in the Run dialog box:
- For Windows NT and Windows 2000
C:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc
- Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc
- For Windows NT and Windows 2000
- Click the OK button (This should open a window with several files in it.)
- Find the file called ‘hosts’ and double–click it. If prompted, specify that you would like to choose a program to open the file withfrom a list of programs.
- Choose ‘Notepad’ from the list of available programs.
- Go to the Start menu and choose Run. Type the following in the Run dialog box:
- Edit and save the hosts file
- The contents of your hosts file should look something like this
- Find the line with the word facebook.com (example: “127.0.0.1 http://www.facebook.com” )
- Remove it.
- Close the hosts file and save it when prompted
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