JS:Clicker-P

Posted: June 11, 2013

Threat Metric

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Threat Level:	9/10
Infected PCs:	5

First Seen:	June 11, 2013
Last Seen:	August 27, 2020
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

JS:Clicker-P is spyware that spreads primarily through Facebook by using the disguise of an app that seemingly can help you see when other Facebook users view your profile. After infecting your PC through this method, JS:Clicker-P uses your own profile to continue proliferating while also grabbing personal information from your browser. While Facebook continues to be abused for distributing malware like JS:Clicker-P, staying educated on common scams and infection vectors for social networks remains a paramount security measure, and SpywareRemove.com malware researchers also recommend the use of proper anti-malware tools when removing JS:Clicker-P is needed.

JS:Clicker-P: Turning Your Social Network into a Spy Network

JS:Clicker-P has joined the long list of PC threats that pretend to be additions to Facebook and even market themselves by compromising Facebook profiles and posting links without the consent of the victims. Adware.2YourFace, Adware.faceplius, Adware.FSpy (which even uses the same specific scam as JS:Clicker-P), Etype, the Facebook Token Hijacker and Oibruvv.com are some of the various PC threats that also have been known to abuse Facebook's network in a manner similar to JS:Clicker-P.

Links to JS:Clicker-P are posted through the Facebook accounts of PCs already compromised by JS:Clicker-P. The links promote themselves as offering an application that can help you track your profile's visitors, but clicking on them actually will infect your PC with JS:Clicker-P through an HXPP-obscured Web address. At this time, SpywareRemove.com malware experts warn that only about half of all major brands of AV products have proven able to detect JS:Clicker-P.

Besides using your own computer to spread itself even further, JS:Clicker-P also steals personal information from your PC. So far, these attacks appear to be limited to information related to your browser, such as website account logins. JS:Clicker-P also may cause browser instability or use your PC's resources to generate fraudulent website traffic (a common trait of Trojan clickers).

The Fateful Click to Send JS:Clicker-P Out of Your Facebook Profile

JS:Clicker-P's installation also may utilize some related Trojans, such as Trojan.AVKill.30538, JS/TrojanClicker.Agent.NDL and Troj/Agent-ABOE. With a standard JS:Clicker-P infection consisting of multiple components and JS:Clicker-P doing its best to avoid being found or removed, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers always encourage using strong anti-malware tools for deleting JS:Clicker-P. Any information stolen by JS:Clicker-P prior to its deletion still can be accessed by criminals, and any compromised passwords, etc, should be changed.

The thoroughly-visible nature of JS:Clicker-P's Facebook distribution, while allowing JS:Clicker-P to infect almost two million computers so far (according to Google Code estimates), also makes it easy to detect JS:Clicker-P on your PC, assuming that you use Facebook. If your profile begins sending spam for JS:Clicker-P, you should act to disinfect all PCs that have used your Facebook profile recently, and the same precautions are recommended for any Facebook contacts who show similar symptoms.

JS:Clicker-P

Threat Metric

JS:Clicker-P: Turning Your Social Network into a Spy Network

The Fateful Click to Send JS:Clicker-P Out of Your Facebook Profile

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