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Is the Mysterious Facebook Bug a Virus?
Techtree News Staff, Sep 30, 2009 1301 hrs ISTHave you been affected as yet?
A bug that seems to change some information in your Facebook account has been making rounds since yesterday. The "Vidyartha" bug, as it is known, seems pretty harmless. But, is this bug really a virus? That's still being researched.
In the meantime, we did our own little research and found out that while the name "Vidyartha" may sound Indian, the Vidyartha College is actually an institution down south in Sri Lanka and apparently, if some reports are to be believed, some users have seen their school name being changed to that of this institution - automatically. And so far, that is precisely what this virus has been doing.
All this seems to be just sketchy information as of now. Having checked a few Facebook accounts, we did not find anything amiss. However, if you have been affected by this issue, all you can do for now is to wait and look for an official statement from Facebook regarding this. As of now, we are unsure if this is an attack or a simple bug. This "issue" as mentioned earlier was first yesterday and has since then spread its wings quite fast.
Thankfully, not all Facebook accounts have been affected and since we are unsure how widespread this issue is, all we can say to wait and watch how this one actually ends up. Watch this space for more!
In the meantime, we did our own little research and found out that while the name "Vidyartha" may sound Indian, the Vidyartha College is actually an institution down south in Sri Lanka and apparently, if some reports are to be believed, some users have seen their school name being changed to that of this institution - automatically. And so far, that is precisely what this virus has been doing.
All this seems to be just sketchy information as of now. Having checked a few Facebook accounts, we did not find anything amiss. However, if you have been affected by this issue, all you can do for now is to wait and look for an official statement from Facebook regarding this. As of now, we are unsure if this is an attack or a simple bug. This "issue" as mentioned earlier was first yesterday and has since then spread its wings quite fast.
Thankfully, not all Facebook accounts have been affected and since we are unsure how widespread this issue is, all we can say to wait and watch how this one actually ends up. Watch this space for more!
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