Facebook: How to protect yourself from the stalker-worm

Know who visits your profile most often - a tempting Facebook feature. An alleged stalker App advertises exactly, but behind it lies a worm that is after your friends.

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The Wicked: The prompt to install the stalker app is apparently of Facebook friends, and therefore comes across credible. Sorry, to copy a fallacy, because if you fulfill the request, sent along with the JavaScript code in the address bar of your browser and call up, installed the malware. The spreads to continue on your profile more than a half million users will already be affected.

Curiosity rather than caution

The pest, you agree to strange-sounding subject lines like "WOW, now you can see who looks at your profile!" In addition to Wall and message bar appeared on the worm on Facebook Chat as well as invitations to events. Click on any case the associated Link - and copy any codes! The information on alleged top-stalkers that appear on the bulletin boards of your friends are generated randomly, the application does not work. The purpose is different: Because of the many clicks and the massive proliferation of the links to earn money by those behind page views.

Step 1: To stop the worm on Facebook

If you have already clicked the link and the instructions are followed the pest, the stalker app in Facebook now has permissions that should be removed urgently. You must delete the application in your privacy settings - the following guide shows the process step by step.

Step 2: To remove TR/Kazy.mekml.1

Experience reports that a Trojan called TR/Kazy.mekml.1 is directly associated with the stalker app on Facebook. The pest hides files, thus creating the impression that they are permanently deleted. In return you will be informed about the problems of your operating system and get a recommendation to buy special software for the repair.

If you then become victims of the worm, check your PC with absolutely free security programs such as Spybot or Ad-Aware and scan your system with a virus scanner such as AntiVir. Dive TR/Kazy.mekml.1 as a fund to remove immediately the pest. After you make with the free program Unhide the hidden content of a Trojan visible again.