RockMelt is a virus - Hoax

The latest hoax message spreading among Facebook users is shown below. The content in the message is false and it doesn't contain anything malicious like it said in the post. Sad thing is many people blindly spread the hoax message without knowing anything about RockMelt. 

So, What is RockMelt? It is nothing but a Social web browser like any other browser out there with some additional functions like adding many social networking apps and gets instant updates. Below you can see after installation of the RockMelt browser you will be prompted with the below window. If you want you can use your Facebook account with this browser to get quick updates else click cancel and use it like normal web browser.

Here I have logged in using FB account to show you how it works. It gets added as any other Facebook apps to get updates from user wall and display it to them as an update.

You can also restrict the permission granted to this application at the time of installation so it does nothing without user knowledge which proves its legitimacy. You can also see in the bottom of the below image where it clearly says why it needs these permission from an Facebook user.

Below you can see how the browser looks once it gets installed. In the left corner you can see the list of apps added to the browser and gives you instant update. 

When you try to chat in Facebook through RockMelt social web browser there is an option to send invite to your friends to install RockMelt. This is what misunderstood by many chat users due to many malware spreading through FB chat by providing link to download an executable file but in this case its a legitimate link.

When the user clicks on the "Send RockMelt Invite" it will send an invite to the user's friend through chat like seen below. The link takes them to the RockMelt website so nothing to worry its well known legitimate site. If you want you can install them else ignore.

You can add many apps to your social web browser to keep auto updated. To know more about RockMelt browser check out this link http://www.rockmelt.com/about.html

Also RockMelt browser is available in App Store for Iphone users http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rockmelt/id416256246?mt=8

Survey Scam - "2012 DOOMSDAY CONFIRMED: NASA WARNS BE PREPARED!!(LEAKED VIDEO)"

A new survey scam spreads viral across Facebook saying a leaked video of NASA confirms the 2012 DOOMSDAY so be prepared. Below seen is the sample post of the survey scam.

Clicking on the link in the wall post will take you to the blogspot page like seen below. This page has been designed to trick users and spread the scam. Everything you see here are fake it doesn't contain any video like expected. How do I say this? Scroll down to know what it contains actually.

When you click on the play icon you will be asked to share the video to play. How can it ask someone to share before knowing what it contains. It does because every time someone clicks on the share button the scam gets posted on their wall and their friends will view it in the news feed. Until you click on share it won't show anything.

You may ask how does it know whether you have clicked the share button? The answer is simple it uses a Java script function to identify whether the user has clicked it or not. Below seen are some of the JS function used in this malicious page.

Once you have shared the page the share button will be changed to play. When you click on play it will popup a webpage "http://watchmere.blogspot.com/" containing the survey to be filled. These surveys will change depending upon your location.

Like I said earlier nothing here like nasa video or any kind of video only it leads to survey to fill. We know already these surveys will benefit the scamster for every survey completed. Beware of these survey scams and stay away from clicking on fraudulent links. If you find something suspicious just Google them before clicking on them. Last but not least please report to Facebook when you come across such links.