The viruses and malware are practically everywhere these days. A recent virus outbreak on Facebook came in the form of an app. It was an astoundingly clever one too. The app, disturbingly called If I Die, worked in a rather curious way. You were supposed to take a video for after your death.
The video was supposed to be played by someone you loved after you died. The app’s advertising slogan – “Death can catch you anywhere, anytime. Leave your If I Die message before it’s too late”. Well, how overwhelmingly silly. But if you did find it oddly sweet somehow and you downloaded it, that’s when it hit you.
It really did – it was a virus and not really an app that all. It went and stole passwords and tried to steal from you. It did other things too – stole your photos, took pictures with your WebCam and spied on you. It was one nasty piece of work. So what kind of method you use for Facebook virus removal? Usually, Facebook virus removal doesn’t need anything other than your traditional antivirus.
Unfortunately, that isn’t the only Facebook virus out there. Far from it, it’s only one of the latest ones to actually get any publicity. A while ago, Koobface was the Facebook virus that everyone wanted to talk about (yes, it’s Facebook spelled backwards).
In some instances as with KoobFace, Facebook virus removal can be done without actually turning to an antivirus software package. While it can be done, it shouldn’t be the way you choose unless you don’t have antivirus (why you don’t have antivirus is anyone’s guess as there are plenty of great free choices out there).
Actually, KoobFace has been designed to thwart any attempts at manual removal. Manual removal requires that you be familiar with editing the registry. You’ll be able to find detailed instructions to do with deleting various registry entries all over the web.
With less nefarious Facebook viruses, removal tends to be slightly easier. For instance, with some Facebook viruses, all you need to do is to deny access to it and delete it from your account.
Doing that is pretty easy. You just need to go to the Account tab on your Facebook account, click on Privacy Settings, and then choose Edit your Setting for Apps, Games and Websites. At that point, it’s easy to remove the virus and deny access.
Prevention would be far better than attempting desperate cures like this, of course. Make sure that you don’t use Facebook apps and quizzes for no reason, and you should go a long way towards securing your account.
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