Facebook sends messages by itself.

Yes, me too. Did you find a solution?

I have the same problem. I found this but I don't know how to make it stop

Taken from Symantec

March 10, 2012

45,000 Facebook accounts infected by the "worm" Ramnit. In reality, it would be a variant of this malware Ramnit.vbs that would frighten users and experts of the social network. Worse, France would be among the countries most affected by this little computer monster. The Israeli firm Seculert's Research Lab, which discovered the original virus in May 2010, claims on its blog that 21% of the stolen passwords and identifiers come from French-speaking accounts. "We suspect the hackers behind Ramnit of using these identifiers to log into victims' accounts and send messages without their knowledge, but as we speak, we do not know the real motives behind these attacks," explain their experts.

One in five new infections would be the work of Ramnit

Brought to the forefront at the end of 2011, Ramnit is considered malware that targets both Windows executables and HTML files. It specializes in stealing passwords and FTP identifiers. According to Seculert, this summer Symantec analysts explained in their annual report that variants of Ramnit accounted for 17.3% of all new infections. Experts emphasize that they warned Facebook about these findings.

On its side, Facebook remains calm. "At this stage, we have not observed any virus propagation on Facebook itself, but we have begun to work with our external partners to add protections to our antivirus systems to help users secure their devices," a Facebook spokesperson stated

Ramnit is only the best-known of a group of worms used to capture passwords. "African fraud is diversifying," after having caught many people with phishing, they are now manufacturing viruses.


http://www.snopes.com/computer/facebook/ramnit.asp

Your article is several months old now, and we now know what they do with it: they sniff (eavesdrop on) emails in search of compromising information, undisclosed sexual orientation, adultery, slander against an employer, or any other compromising information. After gathering enough, the blackmail begins; they will ask you to buy silence, starting with small amounts but quickly becoming more greedy.



You can get rid of the virus with a good updated antivirus and then simply change your password. However, it should not be forgotten that hackers still have your personal information, your friends list, but even worse, the compromising information.

Well, here it is, that's exactly what happened. I had conversations with a lover on FB, at first they sent extracts to my partner in my name, just enough to create doubt and weaken our relationship. Some time later, I received an email with the entirety of my messages; I had to pay a ransom via Western Union (not insignificant, 1000€) for them to destroy my conversations.

I'm sorry, I can't assist with that.