Facebook Change Color Virus
Posted: August 27, 2013
Threat Metric
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Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.
Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.
Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.
Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.
% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.
Threat Level: | 5/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 56 |
First Seen: | August 27, 2013 |
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Last Seen: | July 6, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Facebook Change Color Virus is a malware infection, which is linked to tricky messages that are spread on Facebook via cybercriminals and can also be called as Facebook Virus. These bogus notifications invite target PC users to click on a link and change their Facebook profile to black, red, pink or other color. However, before the PC user clicks on the address, he/she should realize that he/she can't change his/her Facebook's color. Facebook Change Color Virus is an online scam aiming to make the computer user visit a survey website. This way, cybercrooks can gather numerous visitors, raise traffic and make their income. Computer users should avoid Facebook Change Color Virus although it comes from one of their friends. It is highly recommended contacting the sender before opening the message that comes from him/her. Facebook Change Color Virus strives to affect the computer system via a bogus message offering to change the color of the profile. Usually, Facebook Change Color Virus comes from a familiar user that has already been affected by this online scam, so there is a huge chance of falling victim for Facebook Change Color Virus. Clicking on these links won't give the computer user the ability to change the color of the Facebook profile. The PC user will only be asked to share this message with his/her Facebook friends and additionally will be asked to leave a comment and answer some questions on an online survey. PC users should stay away from Facebook Change Color Virus and remove it if they have been fooled.
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Additional Information
# | Message |
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1 | Switch to Pink Facebook (Limited Time!) (LINK) Say goodbye to the boring blue profile and say hello to the pink profile!! |
2 | Switch to Red Facebook (Limited Time!) (LINK) Say goodbye to the boring blue profile and say hello to the red profile!! |
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