Facebook closes hole that let spammers auto-post to walls, friends

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Facebook has closed a hole that was being used by spammers to automatically post wall messages and direct messages to friends, the company said on Tuesday.
Just clicking on the link to one of the applications that were taking advantage of the bug would allow the auto-posting to happen, Facebook said. The apps, which appeared to be sending people to a survey Web site, were disabled on Monday, the company said.
"Earlier this week, we discovered a bug that made it possible for an application to bypass our normal CSRF (cross-site request forgery) protections through a complicated series of steps. We quickly worked to resolve the issue and fixed it within hours of discovering it," Facebook said in a statement. "For a short period of time before it was fixed, several applications that violated our policies were able to post content to people's profiles if those people first clicked on a link to the application."
Facebook users should be wary of suspicious-looking links, even if they come from friends.
Hacker Club 4U called it "one of the fastest spreading scams we've seen on Facebook to date, and also one of the largest security glitches in the Facebook platform."
The scam comes just days after Facebook fixed a similar bug in its photo-uploading process that allowed a spammer to post photos to people's profiles that had not been approved.

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ALERT: Massive New Survey Worm Spreading On Facebook

A group of developers have found a loophole in Facebook’s application Platform which enables them to automatically post messages to a user’s wall. This loophole doesn’t require any action by the user, it simply posts to the user’s wall the moment they load the application. Right now the messages being spread state “I thought this survey stuff was GARBAGE but i just went on a shopping spree at walmart thanks to FB”. This is a scam, do not click on any of the applications!

This happens to be one of the fastest spreading scams we’ve seen on Facebook to date, and also one of the largest security glitches in the Facebook Platform. While we’re not aware of any viruses that result from the system, it appears to be the standard offers system which is driving this scam. In other words, once users enter their email, they are prompted to complete an offer. There’s also a risk of having your phone number charged by entering it on the form, however we haven’t confirmed that yet.
The clear message is this: do not click on any of the links if your friends post it. It will immediately post to your wall. This is fairly widespread as there are numerous applications that are spreading the scam. There appears to be thousands of applications that have been used as part of this scam, which will make it much more time consuming for Facebook to shut down the scammers.
We will update this post as we get more information. Right now there are countless applications that are being used. It would take us too long to list every application, however you can see all the people being impacted here. As we mentioned before: do not click any of the links in these messages. Also, be sure to share this with your friends so they don’t fall for the scam as well!
Update
The spammers have also figured out a way to automatically message your friends (as seen in the image below).

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How to find Facebook page id

When we use custom unique name for our facebook page, the facebook page id is not shown in the url.
However, there are some cases in which you might want to find facebook page id to get the script to work, e.g some plugins and button creators (although most of them now work perfect with out facebook page id and with page unique name too)
Anyway, whatever might be the reason for you, follow this tutorial to get your facebook page id without using any tools:
How to find facebook page id
This method involves getting current facebook page id by editing it.
Simply goto the facebook page whose id you want to know.
While on that page click “Edit Page” button on top right and it will take you to the page edit panel.

On this settings page, look at the url of this page, it will be like:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/edit/?id=110253005674171

So the part after “id=” is your facebook page id.
This is the simplest way to find your facebook page id without using any external tool or method.

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How to Annoy Your Friends on Facebook

Facebook is a public forum that is meant principally for networking. If that's a little too ordinary and unexciting for you, perhaps livening things up by annoying your Facebook Friends appeals to you. To annoy all of your 439 besties, there are a few things you can do to get on their nerves. Be obnoxious, invasive, give people more than they want to know, and show the world why you’re such a big deal, and you can have Facebook Friends deserting you in droves!
These repetitive patterns and tricks will be sure to decrease your Friend list and may even get people to stop talking to you "in real life" as well!

Steps

1. 1
   Treat Facebook like Twitter. Keep adding updates on the most mundane things, such as, “I just woke up,” “I’m tired,” “This oatmeal tastes like garbage,” “My dog is barking right now.” Assume that people want to know every second of your life—don’t hold back. If you’re on the toilet, bring your computer along and share it with the world. After all, nothing brings Facebook Friends closer than sharing bowel movements and eating habits.
   
   
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   Update how much you love your significant other. Constantly mention things such as, “Stacey is the greatest gf in the world,” or “You rock my socks, Jake!”, or "JC and I are soooooooo in love!" This will make all your single friends annoyed that they aren’t in a relationship and they'll soon feel like you’re rubbing it in their face. Try to be cheesy and unrealistic when it comes to saying why you love your significant other so much.
   • If you don’t have a real partner, write down how much you love your worldly gadgets, such as, “OMG! I LOVE MY NEW IPHONE/IPAD/ITHINGY!” Rub it in everyone’s face that they don’t have the spare funds to get their own widget or "latest gadget." Act like a big shot and prepare to show off.
3. 3
   Update about Mob Wars, Farmville/Cityville, and other Facebook applications. Did you level up? Did you find a little, lost, abandoned, black sheep? If so, tell people about it. Expand by asking your Friends to help you get that hot air balloon on Farmville or to help your crops grow while you’re out of town. They’ll love you for it.
4. 4
   Abuse upper and lowercase letters. Upper and lower case every other letter. It doesn’t matter what you type about, just utilize this method as much as possible. It’ll take forever for your Friends to decode, especially if you write long-winded paragraphs on their walls. Or, SHOUT all the time and act like you haven't a clue why it's annoying.
5. 5
   Pretend to lose your phone or contact lists every other day and ask for your Friends' numbers each time. To take it up a notch, send mass messages out asking for everyone’s numbers. That way, whenever someone replies, your Friends get notification after notification with something that has nothing to do with them.
6. 6
   Invite your Friends to as many causes and groups as you can find. It may be “Help 1,000 People Get Rice” or “Raise Awareness for Cancer,” but whatever it is, invite people every day to causes that are near and dear to your heart.
7. 7
   Every time your Friends are online, contact them through Facebook chat. Once they respond, ask them how they are, but keep the conversation slow by explaining what you did today. Don’t talk about anything significant—just bring back the old days of AIM.
8. 8
   Post every music video you watch on YouTube.
9. 9
   Constantly preach and proselytize about religion and politics.
10. 10
    Oblige everyone to repost your postings.
11. 11
    Proclaim how YOUR baby is the most unique, gifted, and intelligent baby in the world. Nobody else's baby is nearly as smart or as beautiful or as unique as yours. Make certain to also allow your entire existence to be defined and validated by your new baby, because he or she is certain to be your best friend for the rest of your life. Set your baby's photo (which looks identical to any other baby ever born) as your profile picture.
12. 12
    Post timely statements frequently and regularly. Exclaim your desire or demand for coffee every morning, or proclaim "TGIF" every Friday, because your Friends will be thankful for the reminder that it's Friday.
13. 13
    Post vague and passive-aggressive complaints about another person for the rest of your Friends to see. After all, where's the fun in confronting the actual person when you can play the victim before everyone else instead?
14. 14
    Make sure to comment on every single entry, no matter how irrelevant your opinion.
15. 15
    Paste song lyrics without giving credit or context.
16. 16
    Post a note or upload a picture and to make sure no one will miss it, tag every single person in your Friend list on it.
17. 17
    Use mass messaging instead of creating events to invite people for an occasion.
18. 18
    Exclaim how much you can't stand when people complain about something on Facebook. Your Friends will especially enjoy the fact that you are complaining about complaining.
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    Expect a much more "manageable" number of Facebook Friends. That was your aim, right?

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How to remove Facebook virus posting nude video link on your friends wall

There is a virus on facebook these days with a partially nude picture, which gets posted in your name to all your friends if you click on it.
Obviously it spreads once you click on it, so avoid clicking on it at the first place.
In case you have clicked on that facebook virus post already out of curiosity then here’s the way to remove it.
The virus we’re talking about is this post:

That last check the sad post I dare you can watch this .

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How to remove facebook virus posting on your friends profiles
The solution to this virus is pretty simple. If you’re facing the problem with automatic (nude) video posts on your friends walls, it is being done through the extension installed on your browser.
So the solution to remove this facebook virus is to remove / uninstall the extension. Extension is named “YouTube Premium“.
Google Chrome: Goto Tools > Extensions and remove the extension youtube premium from there
Mozilla Firefox: Goto Tools > Addons > Extensions and remove the addon “youtube premium”
Hopefully this will resolve the issue of facebook virus posting nude video link on your friends walls from your name!
And next time, avoid clicking any such thing! yeah!
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