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Is this a sophisticated phishing scam in my facebook page, friend finder wants email password?
11-09-2012, 01:23 PM
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Is this a sophisticated phishing scam in my facebook page, friend finder wants email password?
On the facebook home page, ads are on the right. In the top right was a friend finder saying Colin, your friends are waiting for you. It looked convincingly like part of the facebook system. But it had panels to put my email and email password. That doesn't' seem right.
Facebook is acting flaky too.

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11-09-2012, 01:31 PM
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If you are already logged in, you will not need to reinput your password, let alone your email password. This is almost 100% a scam. Never give your email password away!!!1

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11-09-2012, 01:31 PM
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"Friend Finder" is a legitimate part of the Facebook world. It's been there for years, and simply finds all of the friends in your email contact list that have been registered on those emails. From there on, you have the option to add them as friends on Facebook. It was a simple way to get more friends and more relevant friend requests. However, it's nothing you have to use and normally there's an "x" in the upper right/left hand corner to close it. Maybe you just put your password in wrong or had caps log on. Don't worry, you're fine. Almost everyone I know uses it and has since 2010.
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11-09-2012, 01:31 PM
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You have whats known as adware on your computer, its a type of malware that injects adverts into web pages that you view. The form this malware takes is usually browser addons / extensions or toolbars. You should remove any such software you have installed and if that doesnt get rid of the problem, run antimalware scanners such as MalwareBytes Antimalware and SuperAntiSpyware.

Once you have eliminated the adware from your system, i recommend adding the safe and highly rated FB Purity browser extension for blocking out the normal facebook ads (sponsored box and sponsored stories / application and game spam etc: You can get it here: http://fbpurity.com
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