Myspace Virus

[Cashizslick]

SO the other day, i get this weird message over myspace. It was a message saying "hi, check out my friends profile" . . . so i did. It ended up being a weird 'add' button for a friend - i hit cancle as not to add a total stranger, but the damage still got done.

Needless to say, somehow my account got all skrewed up. I KNOW 4 of my friends (people i know and talk to all the time) no longer show up as being my friends (my friend count has dropped by 4). Whats also weird is that i still show up in these peoples' top 8 selections and am unable to add them as friends. My friend count also does not increase when i accept friend requests either.

Also, if i try to edit my profile i get re-directed to this other weird myspace profile http://editprofile.myspace.com/aboutme . I can still edit my profile but i have to use safe mode.

I emailed myspace support and they told me to just use the firefox browser and everything would be fine (i already use firefox - asshats).

You guys know anything about this?

 

[posol]

you installed an active X control. the cancel button was triggered to an install of some malware.

ie sucks.

stop using it.


you clicked the button.


run an adaware/spybot crap

 

[Cashizslick]

dude it happened when i was using FIREFOX!!!

 

[Z6CRX]

sounds like some outside program, maybe javascript?
But that might explain a few people i know that had similar problems

 

[posol]

you didin't mention that..... lol

then you didn't install an active X control. firefox would prompt you for the install. even if it is on button command.

myspace is a pice of shit. really. its the worst code ever coded. they have tables 8 levels deep on some shit. its so stupid. its down or slow all the time.... they are always fixing something....
i blame them.

 

[Cashizslick]

Ok, i ran a spybot check and an antivirus check . . . . nothin.

 

[Z6CRX]

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Ok, i ran a spybot check and an antivirus check . . . . nothin.

I'd also change your password and some info there so the password cannot be reset.

 

[Celerity]

[nelson] AH HAH [/nelson]

MySpace is a virus.

 

[TurboMirage]

steve is right

alas, why not check installed activeX controls in firefox?

 

[Cashizslick]

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steve is right

alas, why not check installed activeX controls in firefox?

How?

 

[EGProject]

Myspace is terminally slow. If only they ran with the flawless speed at which HS runs...

 

[VTECin5th]

Ressurection'ed to agree, and say it was most likely (99%) Javascript.
They try to filter it but do a bad job, and things are bypassed...
The last worm was the Samy worm thing, which was done in AJAX/xmlhttp socketing, this is still completely possible, and may have been how it sent the form actions to your profile to reset/delete etc.
Eye haxxed myspace omgh!