Facebook virus or account hacked? Here's how to fix it.

You've just discovered your Facebook account has been posting all kinds of weird, pornographic, or generally inappropriate content to your Wall and/or News Feed. Your friends are annoyed with all the questionable posts and requests coming from you.
Did you forget to log out of Facebook at your friend's house, did you accidentally click on something you shouldn't have, or has your account been hacked?
I can't answer these questions without actually seeing what's happening on your profile, but I can offer some advice. Here are four things you should try in order to clean up your Facebook account.

Reclaim your account

If you can no longer login to Facebook, you'll want to follow these instructions from the

Change your Facebook password

It's possible your Facebook woes are coming from the result of a phishing scam. Someone may have created a fake website that looks like Facebook or another online service you visit and tricked you into logging in. Their goal was to steal your password and other account credentials, and they may have succeeded.

In this case, you should change your password on Facebook. If you don't know how to do so, you can refer to the following guide: How to change your Facebook password.
If changing your password fixes your Facebook problems, you should change your password for all your other services too, especially if you use the same password for them as you previously used on Facebook. If this doesn't fix the problem, try the next step.

Remove unwanted Facebook apps

It's possible your Facebook woes are coming from a rogue app that you accidentally installed or were tricked into installing. Every Facebook app has certain permissions to your account. Some of these permissions you can modify, while others you cannot.

Your best bet is to remove all the Facebook apps you find suspicious. If you don't know how to do so, you can refer to the following guide: How to clean up your Facebook apps.
If cleaning out your apps fixes your Facebook problems, tell your friends they should do the same (chances are the app asked your friends to install it as well). If this doesn't fix the problem, try the next step.

Get some security software and run a virus scan

It's possible your Facebook woes are coming from some sort of malware, be it a keylogger, a trojan, or some other type of virus. Even if you think your computer is clean, it can't hurt to check.

I recommend Microsoft Security Essentials ?it's free and gets the job done very well. Another good one is Malwarebytes. Other free alternatives include Avira and Avast.
The aforementioned security programs are for Windows. If you have a Mac, try using the antivirus from Sophos.
After running the virus scan, clean out whatever the program detects. If you're not sure about what it found, ask a friend who might.

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I receive the error message "The System Administrator has set policies to prevent this installation"

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How to remove Generic32.HRP completely

Manual removal is a complicated and risky process, so please back up all important data before making any changes on your computer. Here are some instructions to handle with the Trojan horse manually, and be cautious when going through the following steps.
1. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del keys together and stop Generic32.HRP virus processes in the Windows Task Manager.




2. Go to Folder Options from Control Panel. Under View tab, select Show hidden files and folders and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended), and then click OK. Remember to back up beforehand.
   


3. Press Windows+ R keys and search for regedit in Run. Delete associated files and registry entries related to Xx virus from your PC completely as follows:
%APPDATA%\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].js
%APPDATA%\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].pad
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\{random}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “CertificateRevocation” = ’0′
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current\Winlogon\”Shell” = “{random}.exe”
4. Reboot the computer normally to take effective, when the above steps are done.

 

This actually happens! Laptop gets infected with spyware > Computer owner get frustrated and punches the LCD Screen > Cracked LCD Screen leads to even more problems. > Spyware Prevention can save your computer from so much more than just getting infected!

Guess what other problem you are likely to have when you have a bad LCD Screen, whether it is cracked or distorted with lines? How about a corrupted Windows installation due to errors on the Hard Drive...or worse! Read on...

For some reason, people with bad LCD Screens keep turning their computer on and off, as if the cracks or lines will go away by themselves. But the problem in this is: How are you going to properly shut down your computer if you can't even see where your cursor is?

Performing hard shutdowns for "any" reason is bad for your Hard Drive. It can lead to Windows problems, lost data and a Hard Dive that needs to be replaced in addition to the LCD Screen. Read more about this at:

 

 

 

How to Create a Strong Password

About Passwords

Nowadays, having a strong password is a must, however people are more likely to have an easy one or two and use it for every online account or email. Probably it is conditioned by the fact that more and more things require passwords and remembering them all might be not as easy as it seems. However having an easy password is a bad idea too, because criminals or other malicious players can easily hack it, steal all your information and even cause damage by, for example, expending all your money. Therefore some simple tips below are intended to help you in creating a strong password.


5 Basic Rules

1. The first and most important – keep your password in secret. This must be applied for everyone, even the closest family members, friends or colleagues – you can never be sure for their precaution or intentions. Moreover, don't use unsecured channels or email for sending your password to someone.
2. Make your password easy to remember, but difficult to guess. Perhaps it seems impossible, but actually it is not that difficult. Check the section below, it will suggest you how to make a strong memorable password. And remember – avoid writing your password down, unless you lock it or encode.
3. Don't use the same password for everything. Doing that increases the possibility for malicious people to track and hack your password. Each password you choose must be new and different. If you have many problems with remembering a huge number of different passwords, try to distinguish your information to very sensitive and not so sensitive (no harm if hacked) and then for the latter use strong, but the same password.
4. Change your password regularly. It means at least once a year or whenever you suspect that somebody knows it.
5. NEVER change your password because of someone claiming that you have to. This is a popular fraud in some circles. A hacker pretends to be your system administrator or other important person and sends you an email, in which he asks your password for some feigned reasons. If you believe him, he will get the entry to your account straightly from you, practically without any hassle!

Features of Weak Passwords

• a common word written in English or any other language,
• a word(s) that means something to you and can be found in your environment, such as the name of your husband/wife, child, pet, favorite book, food, film character, musician, etc.,
• your name or nickname even spelled backwards, upgraded with numbers, mixed case letters, etc.,
• an alphabetic or numeric series either forwards or backwards, for example: 1234567 or 7654321, ABCDEFG or GFEDCBA,
• a row of same numbers or letters, i.e. 0000000 or ZZZZZZZ,
• a common keyboard shortcut, i.e. QWERTY or AZERTY,
• a single number tacked on the end or beginning of the word, i.e. elephant7 or 7elephant.

Features of Strong Passwords

• at least eight characters long,
• mixed upper and lower-case letters (ElePHanT), numbers (1-9) and symbols (!”£$%^&*),
• memorable, but unpredictable,
• not written down,
• easy to type without looking at the keyboard, in case someone is watching over your shoulder.

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How to Remove vundo

The Vundo family of Trojans is one of the most common infections we find on user's computers. This infection can cause popups that include advertisements for rogue anti-spyware programs. Some common rogue antispyware programs that are advertised include WinFixer, SysProtect and WinAntiSpyware. Users are normally targeted by false positives, fake alerts, and warning of infections on their computer. An example of this type of misleading advertisement would be popups alerting users that they are infected with a blackworm virus. The most common method of infection is through outdated versions of the Sun Java platform; older versions are being exploited so it is important to firstly make sure that your Java software is fully up to date. This infection is normally detectable by users receiving popups when they use the Internet. Your antivirus program might also notify you via an alert that you have a Vundo Trojan on your computer.

Automated Removal Instructions for the Vundo or Virtumonde infection using VundoFix:

 

1. Please print these instructions as they will be needed later when Internet access is not available.
2. Save these instructions in word or notepad to the desktop where they can be easily found.
3. Download Vundo Fix and save it to your desktop.
4. When it has completed downloading, double-click VundoFix.exe to run it.
5. Click the Scan for Vundo button.
6. Once it's done scanning, click the Remove Vundo button.
7. You will now receive a prompt asking if you want to remove the files, click the YESbutton. Once you click yes, your desktop will go blank as it starts removing Vundo.
8. When completed, it will prompt that it will shutdown your computer, click the OKbutton.
9. When the computer has shutdown, turn your computer back on.

The WinFixer and Vundo infection should now be removed from your computer.

If you are still having a problem then please perform the following steps:

Note: This step should only be used if the instructions in the previous steps did not remove the infection:

1. Download VirtumundoBegone and save it to your desktop.
2. Now reboot into Safe Mode.
1. This can be done tapping the F8 key as soon as you start your computer
2. You will be brought to a menu where you can choose to boot into safe mode. 

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