The first rule of the Facebook Dislike Button Scam is that there is no Facebook Dislike Button!
If you see a friend post the following: “Facebook now has a dislike button! Click ‘Enable Dislike Button’ to turn on the new feature! – do not click. This is part of the Facebook dislike button scam. Clicking the link on the Facebook dislike button scam will take you to a page that asks you to copy and paste Javascript code into the address bar, which will activate the malicious code.
This Facebook Dislike button scam has been around for quite some time, but it looks as though the hackers have updated their game and put out a newer version of the hoax. On the picture below, it illustrates the that the “Enable Dislike Button” link does not appear in the main part of the message, but rather lower down alongside “Link” and “Comment”. This newer version looks official and is more likely to trick some users into believing that it is an authentic Facebook tool.
Facebook Dislike Button Scam
Remove the Facebook Dislike Button Scam
If you’ve unfortunately fallen for this scam and want to get rid of it, then follow these steps:
You can remove an application you have allowed from the Applications You Use page. To get to that page, follow these steps:
- Go to the Privacy Settings page from the “Account” drop-down menu located at the top of any page on Facebook.
- Click the “Edit your settings” link under the Applications and Websites section towards the bottom of the page.
- Click on the application you’d like to remove. If you don’t see the application listed, you can find it by clicking the Edit Settings button towards the top right-hand side of the page.
- You’ll then see an expanded view of your settings for that application. From here, you can click the “Remove application” link. Once you confirm you’d like to remove the application, it will no longer have access to your data and be removed from your profile, bookmarks, and your Applications and Games Dashboards