URGENT!!!! APPARENTLY THE FAN CHECK THING IS A BAD VIRUS THAT TAKE 48HRS TO KICK IN!!!! EVEN IF YOU ARE TAGGED IN A PHOTO THE VIRUS STILL GETS TO YOU!!! PLEASE INFORM ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND ...

Malicious hackers are setting up malware-infested Web sites that falsely claim to remove a virus from a new Facebook application called Fan Check, security vendor Sophos is warning. The scammers are ...

Beware of Googling (or indeed Yahooing or Binging or using any other internet search engine) for information about something called “Facebook Fan Check Virus”, as you’re likely to end up on a website ...

Update: Lysa Myers, of West Coast Labs, has confirmed that she knows of a number of people who've used the application and didn't see anything fishy happening. It did offer to send emails outside ...

The creator of the Facebook FanCheck application has claimed that it is non-viral, safe and legitimate. In an email interview with IDG News, Janakan Arulkumarasan claimed that it contains no malware. ...