Rah! I seem to be using Facebook less and less over the past year.

I don’t ‘poke’ anyone anymore (I used to love doing that), I don’t upload photo albums anymore (I use PixelPipe to distribute my mobile photos to photo sharing websites, such as Facebook), and I don’t usually strike up a conversation with friends/fans (I respond to messages/comments though).

Tonight I’ve received four notifications stating that ‘[Friends' name] commented on a photo of you.’.

You’ve all seen a notification like that before. You click the ‘photo of you’ link and it would take you to the photo so you can see the comment that was left.

Well, that doesn’t happen when I’ve clicked these last notifications. What appears is the screenshot below.

I can’t find much information anywhere about what this application does, but the fact that it has no description and features the same icon as Facebook’s native photo function makes me wary about this.

I found a Yahoo! Answers post with a couple of answers stating that the application is a virus, fake, and not trustworthy.

Over the past few months I’ve seen friends of mine on Facebook sending instant messages and wall posts with malicious links. Obviously, my friends aren’t actually sending these; malicious applications (such as ‘Photas’) get a hold of your account (including the ability to see your e-mail, password, and other sensitive information) and start spamming your contacts with malicious content.

Please, please, please do not add any applications on Facebook (or other websites) that you are not familiar with.

If you think you’ve accidentally added a malicious application, remove it immediately, then change your password (using upper & lowercase letters, symbols, numbers, and non-dictionary words).

If you’re confused, please contact me.

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