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Ive been hacked, please help.

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  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    davester wrote: »
    It looks like from a Facebook thread that your not the only one its happened too, And some had their paypal accounts cleaned out as well, Something thinks its the poker site running the scam. Its more likely that Facebooks poop security that has allowed people to create apps which secretly mine you and your friends lists personnal details, probably stole the login details from the poker facebook app.
    According to members the poker site is doing nothing about it.

    Which sort of highlights the dangers of putting complete faith in facebook apps which facebook themselves distance themselves from
    :idea:
  • davester
    davester Posts: 4,079 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I can use this threads issue as another reason to tell my Friends why I not have facebook :D
    Survey earnings total 2009 £417, 2010 £875, 2011 £574
  • spud17
    spud17 Posts: 4,451 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    davester wrote: »
    I can use this threads issue as another reason to tell my Friends why I not have facebook :D

    Same here.

    When people claim "I never visit dodgy sites", I then say, "So you don't use Fakebook?" :D
    Move along, nothing to see.
  • The_Grandmaster
    The_Grandmaster Posts: 1,424 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    The malwarebytes log doesn't show anything but I still question

    O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Update] E:\Documents and Settings\silky\My Documents\SYS\winupdate.exe
    among others.

    alienRIK - does the hijackthis log look right to you?

    I don't think facebook itself can be blamed - although it increases your risk, if you don't click on any links people post or subscribe to apps then you should be fine!
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    The malwarebytes log doesn't show anything but I still question

    O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Update] E:\Documents and Settings\silky\My Documents\SYS\winupdate.exe
    among others.

    alienRIK - does the hijackthis log look right to you?

    I don't think facebook itself can be blamed - although it increases your risk, if you don't click on any links people post or subscribe to apps then you should be fine!

    I would remove that yes.
    :idea:
  • The_Grandmaster
    The_Grandmaster Posts: 1,424 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    AlinRIK - And this too I presume can be removed?
    E:\Documents and Settings\silky\My Documents\SYS\winupdate.exe

    Also SDBOT-WS WORM has been suggested to cause: O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Update] E:\Documents and Settings\silky\My Documents\SYS\winupdate.exe
    But the worm can't be found. False positive on hijackthis.de or has it been missed somehow?
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    AlinRIK - And this too I presume can be removed?
    E:\Documents and Settings\silky\My Documents\SYS\winupdate.exe

    Also SDBOT-WS WORM has been suggested to cause: O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Update] E:\Documents and Settings\silky\My Documents\SYS\winupdate.exe
    But the worm can't be found. False positive on hijackthis.de or has it been missed somehow?

    Removing the autorun should be enough
    :idea:
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