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		<title>Is there a Facebook spybot?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>luke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: DO NOT remove this item, see GeekDrop Facebook Spybot entry for more info. hat tip to @tomharvey888 who sent me this: RT @bengie Has your facebook been running slow? Go to &#8220;Settings&#8221; &#62; &#8220;application settings&#8221; &#62; &#8220;added to profile&#8221;. delete &#8220;unnamed application&#8221; -&#62; spybot Do i have the so called Facebook Application spybot? Apparently [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>UPDATE: DO NOT remove this item, see <a href="http://geekdrop.com/content/facebook-spybot-how-to-remove">GeekDrop Facebook Spybot</a> entry for more info.</strong></p>
<p>hat tip to <a href="http://twitter.com/tomharvey888">@tomharvey888</a> who sent me this:</p>
<p><em>RT <a href="http://twitter.com/bengie">@bengie</a> Has your facebook been running slow? Go to &#8220;Settings&#8221; &gt; &#8220;application settings&#8221; &gt; &#8220;added to profile&#8221;. delete &#8220;unnamed application&#8221; -&gt; spybot</em></p>
<p>Do i have the so called Facebook Application spybot? Apparently so.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.socialtech.biz/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/facebook-spybot1.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-395  aligncenter" title="facebook-spybot" src="http://www.socialtech.biz/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/facebook-spybot1.jpg" alt="" width="425" height="173" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Clicking settings will cause an unknown error and the application profile does not exist (it will redirect you to home).</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">I&#8217;m not convinced this is malicious and with <strong>no evidence to suggest it is a spybot</strong> (would love to hear from you, if you do with a source), I remind you of the <a href="http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2001-042411-3943-99&amp;tabid=2">SULFNBK.EXE</a> (Symantec) fake alert inviting you to delete a file that was actual an integral part of windows.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">I think the most likely explanation for this unnamed app is a leftover from a now removed function &#8211; perhaps one from before the profile view was changed.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">To remove or not to remove the Facebook spybot? &#8230;that is the question.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">I&#8217;d like to hear from anyone who <strong>does not</strong> find this when they follow the instructions above, so far everyone I know who has tried this did&#8230; which would suggest to me it&#8217;s more likely a remnant as above.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Thoughts, screenshots&#8230; all welcome below.</p>
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