Mygener.im spy site spreading on Facebook

2009/05/07 - By Kurt Avish - 5,081 views

Mygener.im is a new Facebook trouble which is spreading trap messages like “Look at mygener.im on facebook since the last few hours. The technique being used is a bit different now. Instead of making a user to re-login on a phishing Facebook site as the previous ones were doing, this mygener.im is infact redirecting to a site which is most probably stealing data from your computer.

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The trap is that there is a flaw in facebook that is allowing the malware creator to be able to send mass messages to everyone on facebook. You will most probably receive a message from one of your contacts asking you to check the site mygener.im – The domain is in such as way that many people are believing that this site is a generation tree generator site and when they visit it it actually redirect to another site called traffic-exchange.ru!

I tried to access the mentioned site directly instead of passing by the trap message site and this is what I got on the page.

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After passing through traffic-exchange.ru you will be redirected to a pharmaceutical website evamedstore.com which make you feel that nothing has happened.

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The traffic-exchange.ru is probably hosting a script that can steal cookies stored on your computer. The simplest method to stay safe is again to avoid clicking on the message “Look at mygener.im” even is its is from your friends on facebook.


If you have accidentally or already visited this site, then clear all your cookies and cache. Then change your facebook password immediately.

There is another explantion to these facebook spams too however. It is possible that those sites that you are actually being redirected to have their hands in the whole process. A traffic generation trick that is taking advantage of a weak point on facebook and making the whole world to visit the site who is maybe paying the person behind those strange messages.

In anyway, its better to not even click or visit these links.

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4 Responses to “Mygener.im spy site spreading on Facebook”

  1. Brenda on May 7th, 2009 8:09 PM

    Facebook is no more secure.

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  2. Fozy on May 7th, 2009 8:16 PM

    I changed my password over 6 times during the last few days. I gotta do it again.

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  3. Joyshan on May 7th, 2009 9:55 PM

    I was being redirected to ask.com some days ago, i thought that the problem was with my browser. Facebook is becoming unstable now, logging problems, security problems, and the design of the pages have become boring now, there are even annoying ads on quiz pages :S .

    I can see that the official Facebook Phishing Tweeter is working hard :D

    Bzw wishing Sjdvda a happy Birthday, wish you a happy growing old :P

    X=15 ;)

    Joyshan’s last blog post..Petrol Price:

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    Kurt Avish Reply:

    Oh its his birthday today? Didnt know.

    Happy birthday then Sjdvda if ever you are coming here. :D

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