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Do I have a virus on my computer or am I just freaking out?
Okay, so I logged onto facebook the other day
and this guy had sent me a message saying "look at this video we caught of you on our spy cam"
I clicked on the link because I was curious if it it was really a video of me or not! at the time I was on my home computer the link took me to youtube but it wouldn't allow me to see the video, so I got on my laptop to see if my laptop would allow me to see it, which it didn't.. Now both my computers have viruses my house computer won't even go on.. I messaged the guy that sent it to me, and asked him why he sent me that video, he said his friend sent it to him and then when he opened the message it sent to his friends. Ever since I opened that link I keep getting IMS from people saying "Heyy, is that really you in this video, LOL what are you doing?" and then there's a link to a video, so I clicked on the link it took me to facebook videos but wouldn't show the video! i've gotten that IM from 3 different people, and i'm starting to think someone set secret cameras in my room, I don't know why, am I just freaking out, or do you just think it was spam they sent me? I messaged all 3 of the people and asked them what they meant by that IM and they all didn't know what I was talking about, and said they didn't send the IMS. i'm scared to do anything in my own room though, so my question is, is there ANY way I can know if there is cameras in my room? like, where do I check for those kind of things? I just think its kinda wierd how i'm getting all these IMS and messages about that! I don't really ever leave home, so if there is a video of me out there it would be in the privacy of my own house!
HELPPPPPPPPPPPPP.
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It was spam. If its doing it via facebook, you probably have a rogue ap, which should be easy enough to uninstall, though they keep changing their layout, just find the list of aps and remove anything you don't use. Second, change all of your passwords, chances are the software is logging in as you to send the messages. Thirdly, download and run Spybot [Link](Mouse over link to see full location) (run the update first after downloading) because if you clicked a link like the one that was sent to you, chances are you've made other mistakes as well. If that doesn't fix it, also run Malwarebytes [Link](Mouse over link to see full location) On your house computer, after you push the power button, immediately start tapping F8, eventually a menu of options should come up, from which you should select safe mode with networking. The computer should boot (and look a little weird), then download and run the two programs I mentioned above.
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It's definitely a virus. Why would three different people send you the same message? They're all infected and sending the message, just like you are now. The "Facebook videos" site was somewhere else -- pay more attention to the URL next time.
Since this is sending messages, you should probably get professional help by posting here, to make sure the malware is removed completely:
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Or you could try running these free antimalware programs:
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I'm very paranoid, so if I knew someone had this kind of access to my machine, I would immediately shut off my computer, wipe my hard drives, and reinstall Windows. (I still wouldn't worry about cameras in your room, though; no one cares enough to do that.)
All of your passwords should be considered compromised. You must change them as soon as the malware is removed.
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