# Snopes on Facebook Fan Check Virus

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snopes-on-facebook-fan-check-virus/510271>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 16, 2009, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snopes-on-facebook-fan-check-virus/510271 "2009-09-16T03:35:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snopes-on-facebook-fan-check-virus/510271/1 "2009-09-16T03:35:33Z")

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Why does the first link re: Facebook Fan Check on [this](http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/virus.asp) snopes page go to a google cached version of someone else’s [Facebook](http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:TGYI8Rnarl4J:www.facebook.com/topic.php%3Fuid%3D107680294572%26topic%3D10511+http://www.facebook.com/topic.php%3Fuid%3D107680294572%26topic%3D10511&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us) page?

Is this Fan Check a virus or not? 😕

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**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snopes-on-facebook-fan-check-virus/510271/2 "2009-09-16T04:18:43Z")

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From the Snopes article it says FanCheck the application is NOT a virus, it is just a shitty application that makes your wall and stuff look like crap. So they are getting rid of the app or making them fix it or something.

But since everyone is freaking out over this hackers have apparently made websites that are malicious. If you google “fancheck virus” you may get to one of those sites.

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**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snopes-on-facebook-fan-check-virus/510271/3 "2009-09-16T04:54:40Z")

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OK, I must be dense. Where are you reading a Snopes article? Like I said, the only thing linked to the Snopes link is another FB user’s page.

Is Snopes just getting lazy?

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**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snopes-on-facebook-fan-check-virus/510271/4 "2009-09-16T05:20:40Z")

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The link worked fine for me. Here’s a direct link: [Facebook FanCheck | Snopes.com](http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/fancheck.asp)

Maybe they goofed on the original coding.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snopes-on-facebook-fan-check-virus/510271/5 "2009-09-16T10:57:04Z")

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> [@Ruby](#):
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> OK, I must be dense. Where are you reading a Snopes article? Like I said, the only thing linked to the Snopes link is another FB user’s page.
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> Is Snopes just getting lazy?

Perhaps you have the virus and are being misdirected. :eek:

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**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snopes-on-facebook-fan-check-virus/510271/6 "2009-09-17T01:29:26Z")

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The link properly directs to their page tonight. The Snopes page is dated 15 Sept so I’m guessing that the link was up before the page was ready.

Thanks!