Written by You might have noticed a video title “Optical Illusion! [HQ]“ on your friend’s wall on Facebook. Actually its not a video and it links to an application. If you move further on, you will be asked to download a file named flvdirect.exe which may contain virus or malware.
Update: This scam has been removed by Facebook. The application is no more. In future, if you find such apps don’t be victim of them. If you have found any other such scams, you can notify us.
Here’s how the wall post looks :
Here’s how this virus runs:
1) After clicking on the link, you will be prompted to the application named F.B. HD Video Player – http://apps.facebook.com/hghh_rtrt/.
2) You will then display the message – Thanks for the confirmation! You can continue to the video now.
3) After clicking continue, you will be taken to page where it claims to be the video. The video will not open and displays the message – “Your FLV Player seems to be out of date. Please update your FLV Player in order to proceed. Please click the Continue button now and wait a few seconds.”
4)Then it asks to download the file – “FLVDirect.exe“.
Along with this it posts a message on your friends wall showing the link and message” [name here], this is without doubt the hottest video ever! 
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Please don’t click on the link and if you find it on your or Friend’s wall just ignore it. If you have already clicked it then please remove the application by going to:
Account — > Application Settings –>
You will find “F.B. HD Video Player” then click cross on the right of it to delete it.
If you have downloaded and installed the program “Flvdirect.exe” scan your computer with a Anti-virus and Malware scanner.
Facebook will certainly remove this application in few days. However, your friends may fall for it. Please warn them.
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