New Facebook Phishing Attack Steals Accounts, Financial Information

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2398922,00.asp

I didn't go through anything as mentioned above but thanks you for the info. I followed all the steps, Drac and it is still there. i will now see about Kaspersky. I am definitely upset.

What steps are you following, Lotus? If you're working with someone at bleepingcomputer.com, they will walk you through everything you need to do. Have you started working with someone?

Donald,
That kind of infection is unlikely to produce symptoms. The people stealing your information don't want you to have any idea you're infected.

If you're trying to say people shouldn't visit Facebook because of its various security and privacy problems, I agree.

Nobody has contacted me at all from there. You guys are the only help I have gotten. I got rid of the Firefox as per instructions and all the related files, ran Ccleaner etc. and reinstalled it and same problem. Tried a recovery, everything was crazy, didn't recognize the network, couldn't get online, couldn't type, so I rebooted and it is now working. Logged onto GB and it wouldn't let me stay logged in so I could type, tried several times and now that works. Now it won't let me uninstall Firefox. I got a message that Firefox had crashed. I don't know what to do .
I am thinking , with my considerable lack of knowledge, I will have to have pc reformattd. Not very happy today. Thank you for all of your help anyway. You guys are the best! Jenny, I am beginning to believe that FB isn't worth it. I have made some great friends there and can keep in touch eleswhere. I will miss the every day chatter but am seriously reconsidering going there again. Still, it was My fault for mindlessly clicking on a suspect link....???

It sounds like you may have something worse than a browser hijacker.

Don't blame yourself for clicking on a link at Facebook. Facebook is terribly sloppy about what they allow.

If you want to continue going to FaceBook, you might consider something like using a browser inside a Virtual Machine. That way if the browser inside the Virtual Machine gets infected, it won't take down your whole computer -- and the infected Virtual Machine is easily replaced with a backup.

As Jenny said, don't blame yourself. Facebook is a wonderful tool, but a place to be very, very careful for exactly the reason Jenny says - they are very sloppy about their security.

I use it, but very sparingly. One thing you might consider is making sure you are running it in https which adds a layer of security. It's in your account security options. Don't know if that would have helped you or not.

I would be patient and let the folks from bleepingcomputer help you out. If they don't respond soon, then you might consider going over to SmartestComputing and checking out Broni's procedures and start a post there. He has gotten me out of several pickles. Just make sure you only follow instructions at one place, not both of them.