I think this is the right forum to post this in. Anyways;
My friend posted a video in a Facebook status. When I clicked on it, the link took me to the video. After I watched it, I went back to the Facebook homepage and I realized that my account made a status with the link to the video. Is there some kind of scripting on the website that makes your account re-post the link? Thoughts?
How many facebook "apps" have you installed on your account? Those things contain more spyware than the nastiest adult video sites.
I actually only have a few apps. They aren't spyware apps either, they're apps like Farmtown, Words With Friends, and Mafia Wars.
It's possible that the link was actually an app that directed you to the video while reposting the video link on your wall.
It's definitely a scam/virus. Delete the post off your wall and tell any friends who "post" similar videos.
It was almost certainly an XSS attack - not "apps". Facebook spammers will frequently have cleverly disguised links that include Javascript which abuses your existing login session.
comicIDIOT wrote:
It's definitely a scam/virus. Delete the post off your wall and tell any friends who "post" similar videos.


To clarify, it's not likely a virus. I've never clicked on one of the links so I have no idea what's on the other end. It could be a scam though.

I find these posts fairly easy to spot. The attacking site usually adds some text, "OMG u got to c dis!," that your friend supposedly wrote. Since a lot of my friends post in grammatically correct (or exceptionally close to pass) sentences, it's pretty easy to spot these types of spam posts. I simply post that it's a spam and to delete it off their page.
  
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