“Is that you?” messages in Facebook – what are they?

While hanging out on Facebook, you may notice a message from your friend, stating something like “its you?” or “Is that you?” and having a video link attached. The video link looks like a familiar link on Youtube, however, it doesn’t. Sometimes, a user may see that he/she has sent such a message from his/her accounts to friends. Read this article to know why it is not recommended to click on these messages, and what to do if you already have.

What are “Is that you?” messages on Facebook?

Such messages on Facebook from your friends is definitely a sign that they are not controlling their accounts. The way to obtain the credentials from their accounts may be different – through social engineering¹, with the use of brute force, or malware injection. Cybercriminals who got these credentials use the hijacked accounts to spread more malware. The “Is that you?” messages is the example of spamming by these punks.

As I have mentioned, this message consists of the text – usually something like “its you?”, “is that you?”, “it looks like you”, “Hey %your_name%! Is that video yours?” or even “I can’t believe it is you”. Of course, there is not a full list of possible text variants, since cybercriminals control these accounts personally and can easily come up with something original. Sometimes, there are also several smiley faces in these messages. In this way, cyber burglars try to endear you and do not raise suspicion.

The videos in such messages contain a link. If you’d try to open it as usual, with clicking on it, your browser will open an unknown page, where you will spectate the downloading of something unknown. Usually, such distribution ways are common for adware or malicious browser plugins. But you can never predict which thing you are downloading.

What can I do if my friends received the “Is that you?” message from my account?

Virus origins of account hijacking give much more chances to get your account back. Since such attacks are massive, cybercriminals have no time (and no need) to change the password for each account. After removing a virus, you will be able to get your account back under control with a simple changing of the password. Malware distributors who have your current password will not be able to do anything if their virus is deleted.

How to remove the viruses from my PC?

• Standard scan checks the logical disk where the system files are stored, together with the files of programs you have already installed. The scan lasts up to 6 minutes.

• When the scan is over, you may choose the action for each detected virus. For all files of Ytmp3.cc malware the default option is “Delete”. Press “Apply” to finish the malware removal.

Reset browser settings to default

Manual method of browser reset

To reset Edge, do the following steps :

1. Open “Settings and more” tab in upper right corner, then find here “Settings” button. In the appeared menu, choose “Reset settings” option :

2. After picking the Reset Settings option, you will see the following menu, stating about the settings which will be reverted to original :

For Mozilla Firefox, do the next actions :

1. Open Menu tab (three strips in upper right corner) and click the “Help” button. In the appeared menu choose “troubleshooting information” :

2. In the next screen, find the “Refresh Firefox” option :

After choosing this option, you will see the next message :

If you use Google Chrome

1. Open Settings tab, find the “Advanced” button. In the extended tab choose the “Reset and clean up” button :

2. In the appeared list, click on the “Restore settings to their original defaults” :

3. Finally, you will see the window, where you can see all the settings which will be reset to default :

Opera can be reset in the next way

1. Open Settings menu by pressing the gear icon in the toolbar (left side of the browser window), then click “Advanced” option, and choose “Browser” button in the drop-down list. Scroll down, to the bottom of the settings menu. Find there “Restore settings to their original defaults” option :


2. After clicking the “Restore settings…” button, you will see the window, where all settings, which will be reset, are shown :

1. Article about social engineering on Wikipedia.