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"Dislike" Button Scam Hits Facebook Users

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-dislike-this dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A message saying 'I just got the Dislike button, so now I can dislike all of your dumb posts lol!!' is spreading rapidly on Facebook, tempting unsuspecting users into believing that they will be able to "dislike" posts as well as "like" them. However, security researchers say that it is just the latest 'survey scam', tricking Facebook users into into giving a rogue Facebook application permission to access their profile, and posting spam messages from their account. The rogue application requires victims to complete an online survey (which makes money for the scammers) before ultimately redirecting to a Firefox browser add-on for a Facebook dislike button developed by FaceMod. "As far as we can tell, FaceMod aren't connected with the scam — their browser add-on is simply being used as bait," says Sophos security blogger Graham Cluley."

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  1. Mod the post by Drakkenmensch · · Score: 4, Funny

    -1 "Dislike"

    1. Re:Mod the post by arkane1234 · · Score: 3, Funny

      ... but it only takes a B-52 to raze a village.

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    2. Re:Mod the post by jgagnon · · Score: 3, Funny

      Love Shack, baby!

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  2. Everybody Panic! by commodore64_love · · Score: 2, Funny

    OH Noes!

    (obligatory anim GIF) http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n13/greatcapp/oh-noes-everybody-panic.gif

    I never listen to those "check out this new feature" ads.
    Invariably you have to hop through hoops. It's never free.

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  3. Dislike by geekgirlandrea · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can I just have a 'Dislike' button for all of Facebook, please?

    Actually, I think I'll take a 'Tactical Nuclear Strike' button instead, now that I think of it.

    1. Re:Dislike by Yvan256 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Actually, I think I'll take a 'Tactical Nuclear Strike' button instead, now that I think of it.

      Unable to comply. Ghost Academy required.

    2. Re:Dislike by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      There is another system.

  4. Re:Facebook is a Ponzi scheme by Abcd1234 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Uhuh. The you don't know what a Ponzi scheme is, and it's the *facebook* users that are the morons... riiiight.

  5. Re:How is this new? by shadowrat · · Score: 3, Funny

    Man did I get screwed over by iPhone spell replacement.

  6. Re:Facebook is a Ponzi scheme by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Uhuh. The you don't know what a Ponzi scheme is, and it's the *facebook* users that are the morons... riiiight.

    The you don't know how to write the English, and he is the morons.... riiight.

  7. I'm too cool for Facebook. by edmicman · · Score: 3, Funny

    oblig. "I'm too cool for Facebook, and anyone who uses it is Teh Stoopid". post. In fact, I'm so indie I only use websites that don't exist yet that no one else uses, either. And I don't communicate with anyone or anything via the Internet, I only passively consume it. Yay!

    1. Re:I'm too cool for Facebook. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      It it can't be displayed in Lynx I am not interested...

  8. Re:Facebook by mujadaddy · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have never gotten malware/spyware from an online social site.

    Yeah, porn is how they got me, too.

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  9. Re:Facebook by arkane1234 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nothing's safer than 127.0.0.1 :)

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