Facebook Fan Check is NOT a Virus; but Searching For a Way to "Remove" It Will Get You to Malware

However, according to several security firms, including U.K.-based Sophos, it's not the Fan Check application that is the problem, it's the so-called "removal kits" that are being hocked by hackers that are the real danger. As rumor of the alleged Fan Check virus made the rounds, the term skyrocketed in popularity on Google and other search engines. As Sophos' Graham Cluley blogs, hackers have set up several malicious sites that prompt users to purchase fake anti-virus software. The sites, which users get to through their search engines results, "display bogus warnings about the security of your computer in an attempt to get you to install fraudulent software and cough-up your credit card details," according to Cluley.