Thank you for sharing this. I feel fortunate that I didn't see the FB comments earlier.  I would not have been so persistant in thinking there was  a solution. They are ready to rumble and I can totally sympathize.  All of you made me feel it was possible and that I just needed to find the right combination. Thank you. ... View more

The problem is that you are signing in to FB and all of the sudden you are locked out and re-directed to a page with several options of different vendor's scans.     In my case I pressed  F-Secure Online Scanner thinking that it was the most reputable of the options. The initial linkage/instruction screen was showing a rotating cursor so you don't know if it has started scanning.   After a while, I would think that it is not scanning and I would download the scanner but it wouldn't open.  The initial linkage/instruction screen was still showing a rotating cursor so you don't know if it is downloading, having trouble downloading or actually processing.   A couple of random times the downloaded scanner opened and I was given the option to press RUN. Nothing changed or lets you know that it is actually running and scanning. All the while the initial linkage/instruction screen was still showing a rotating cursor.   The downloaded  "FB's F-Secure scanner" icon does not look the same as the official F-Secure Online Scanner.   From that point forward you cannot reverse your decision and choose another vender's scan and you are still locked out of your FB account.   I spent the entire day cleaning, updating and doing full scans on my computer,   including following your advice and running all possible F-Secure   genuine scans www.malwarebytes.org . Each scan listed that nothing harmful was found. After each one, I would check if I could log into FB with another new password etc.  I would be directed to limbo land, reminded that I had malware and redirected to the  the  initial linkage/instruction screen and the ongoing rotating cursor.   I followed your  advice, let it run without clicking on the scan link or any link. H ours later out of the blue, a few words in the message above the rotating cursor changed to "You can now log on to FB". If I hadn't, by chance, been looking at the screen at that moment and saw the change of wording take place, I maybe wouldn't have re-read the notice for the twentieth time and discovered that there was a way out of  "Jail".   It does seem dodgy. You have no way of knowing if this is legitimate and scanning or if this IS the malware. I was so close to taking a hammer to my screen. Your support, guidance and thoughtful communications helped tremendously. THANK YOU kindly.       ... View more

Exactly like another poster, when I attempt to log-in to Facebook, I get a message that my computer may have Malware that is affecting my computer and I'm unable to log in. The first time it brought up an option for a couple of links for Facebook malware scanners. I clicked on F-Secure Online Scanner. When I attempted to download it, nothing ever happened even though I let it run for several hours. I discontinued the download process and went directly to the F-Secure website where I successfully downloaded the scanner. After running the scan, it said that nothing harmful was found. I have changed my FB password and run numerous other scans on my computer. However, I still am unable to log in to Facebook and continue to get the message about the malware and to download F-Secure malware scanner. I tried to contact F-Secure support and FB support but there does not seem to be a way to talk to someone in person.  I am not sure what to do at this point. Any advice will be much appreciated. grk ... View more