Remove RayBan Instagram Scam from Your Device (Tagging Virus)

This article has been created in order to help explain how to remove the Instagram RayBan tag scam from your computer and stop it from auto tagging your friends from your profile.

The previously detected Facebook RayBan scam which we analyzed to happen in Facebook was encountered once more to occur via Instagram as well. The scam is likely caused by malware which enters your computer via more than one methods. The scam aims to take over Facebook and then Instagram accounts only to get victims to visit phishing pages that imitate the original Ray-Ban.com website, but in fact may be aiming to trick victims into entering their financial data by luring them with discounts on RayBan® sunglasses.

Threat Summary

Name	RayBan Instagram Scam
Type	Instagram-related malware.
Short Description	Takes control of the victim’s Instagram account and causes automatic shares as well as tagging to pictures that advertise RayBan sunglases with discounts.
Symptoms	Your profile starts automatically sharing pictures and tagging your friends.
Distribution Method	Via spammed web links and via other users that have already been infected.
Detection Tool	See If Your System Has Been Affected by RayBan Instagram Scam Download Malware Removal Tool
User Experience	Join Our Forum to Discuss RayBan Instagram Scam.

RayBan Insta Virus – How Did I Get It

If you have had the chance of already seeing these pictures on some of your friends profiles on via your profile, there is a good chance that an infection campaign of tis virus is taking place. The strongest symptom that your device has been compromised by this malware is that your profile is sharing Ray-Ban images like the following on Instagram:

When the website on the shared picture is checked on online services, like Scamadviser, it is immediately established that the site is a high-risk one that is based in China, meaning that the spamming virus may originate from a place within China.

The main theory which experts believe to be leading users to become infected by this spammng virus is if you have clicked on a URL that is suspicious due to being careless. This may ultimatelly result in the direct installation of the malware that is related to this virus without you even noticing it. Furthermore, this software may also exist via an app or a browser extension that has obtained permissions to post on your behalf on Instagram and Facebook. Such apps often pretend to be useful, but the permissions which they use are privacy-invasive and they allow those apps to share absolutely any content on your behalf, making you both – the victim and the perpetrator. Keep reading this article to learn more about how this virus acts nefariously on your computer and how to make sure that it is stopped for good.

RayBan Virus on Facebook and Instagram – Complete Analysis

The first indicator of the RayBan Instagram Scam virus that posts RayBan photos appeared in the distant year 2016, where web links started appearing with the RayBan pictures offering sunglasses for sale under the following messages:

“Rayban Sunglasses Sale – Save 90% Payment Currency (USD, GBP, EUR) Latest Styles & Fast Shipping – Buy Now!”

Tbe messages followed a long and custom third-party URLs alongside a picture, which looks like the following:

Then, an year later, in 2017, repeorts have appeared of the scamming messages to continue to operate. One victim has stated the following to happen on her compuer:

Hi, I got a facebook virus that posted photos of Ray Ban sunglasses and tagged a bunch of my friends in them. I’m not sure what caused it but two things happened the day the pictures were posted. The first thing was that I got a notification that somebody accessed my facebook account. I was in school at the time and so I didn’t do anything about it. Second thing was that I got an email that seemed completely legit but when I clicked it, it took me to a suspicious site which I closed immediately.

What is particularlly interesing is that the victim also somehow received a spammed e-mail message which also lead to the same suspicious site advertised in the pictures and a custom redirect URL. We believe that the e-mails are extracted from compromised Facebook and Instagram accounts as a result of browser extensions on the web browsers of victims or suspicious apps being installed and now there is one more version – spammed web links on e-mail messages.

As soon as the RayBan Instagram Scam has taken over the control of your computer, it might as well do more than just share third-party web links. It may perform other malicious activities on your computer, such as:

• Log the keystrokes you type.
• Install malware on your computer.
• Self-update in order to remain hidden.
• Take screenshots on your device.
• Track the websites you visit and the inforamtion you type in them.

But the main purpose of the RayBan Instagram Scam is to keep spreading those fake web links that lead to the fraudulent RayBan sites. These sites may often resemble the original sites and the scam is continuing to evolve which suggests that the scammers are tracking the original site. Here is how the original site of RayBan (www.ray-ban.com) looked in comparison to the website which we detected to be associated with the scams:

The scam has kept evolving adding newer and newer pictures on Instagram. Here are the ones that we have detected to appear so far:

Be advised that if you see RayBan Instagram Scam virus on your friend’s profile to not open the web links under absolutely any circumtances, since it may lure you to enter your financial information in order to purchase sunglasses. This may result in financial theft of your personal information and may even result in financial loss i.e. you may order a product that will not arrive.

How to Remove RayBan Instagram Scam Virus you’re your Computer and Mobile Device

Before actually removing RayBan Instagram Scam, there are several things that you should assume, especially if the malware is posting from your profile and the main one of those is that you have been compromised. This is why, we advise you to login from a clean device that is malware-free and perform the following activities:

1. Restrict Facebook and Instagram additions groups and other types of entities to use your Instagram and Facebook account.
2. Log out all of the previous Facebook and Instagram logins from all of the devices.
3. Change your password and enable two-factor authentication.

As soon as this has happened, you should immediately start removing this RayBan Instagram Scam virus from your PC. The best methods to do so is by following the removal instructions underneath this article. They have been created to help you delete this virus either manually or automatically. If you lack the experience in removing this malware manually from your computer, security experts strongly advise removing it automatically, preferably with the aid of an advanced anti-malware software, for which we also have a suggestion underneath. Such tool will effectively scan your computer for malware and make sure to help you remove the RayBan virus from your computer plus detect other intrusive programs and fully secure your PC against future infections.

If you use Instagram and Facebook on your smartphone only, we strongly recommend that you immediately reset your device back to it’s factory settings so that you are able to delete all apps and thus delete the malicious RayBan Instagram Scam app that is taking over your Instagram and Facebook permissions to display the RayBan virus messages.

Manually delete RayBan Instagram Scam from Windows and your browser

Note! Substantial notification about the RayBan Instagram Scam threat: Manual removal of RayBan Instagram Scam requires interference with system files and registries. Thus, it can cause damage to your PC. Even if your computer skills are not at a professional level, don’t worry. You can do the removal yourself just in 5 minutes, using a malware removal tool.

1. Remove or Uninstall RayBan Instagram Scam in Windows

Remove or Uninstall RayBan Instagram Scam in Windows.

Step 1: Remove/Uninstall RayBan Instagram Scam in Windows

Here is a method in few easy steps to remove that program. No matter if you are using Windows 8, 7, Vista or XP, those steps will get the job done. Dragging the program or its folder to the recycle bin can be a very bad decision. If you do that, bits and pieces of the program get left behind, and that can lead to unstable work of your PC, mistakes with the file type associations and other unpleasant activities. The proper way to get a program off your computer is to Uninstall it. To do that:

Hold the Windows Logo Button and “R” on your keyboard. A Pop-up window will appear (fig.1).

In the field type in “appwiz.cpl” and press ENTER (fig.2).

This will open a window with all the programs installed on the PC.
Select the program that you want to remove, and press “Uninstall” (fig.3).

Follow the instructions above and you will successfully uninstall RayBan Instagram Scam.

2. Remove RayBan Instagram Scam from Your Browser and Your Registry Editor

Remove RayBan Instagram Scam from Your Browser.

Remove a toolbar from Mozilla FirefoxRemove a toolbar from Google Chrome Remove a toolbar from Internet Explorer Remove a toolbar from Safari Fix registry entries created by RayBan Instagram Scam on your PC.

Start Mozilla Firefox Open the menu window

Select the “Add-ons” icon from the menu

Select RayBan Instagram Scam and click “Remove”

After RayBan Instagram Scam is removed, restart Mozilla Firefox by closing it from the red “X” in the top right corner and start it again.

Start Google Chrome and Open the drop menu

Move the cursor over “Tools” and then from the extended menu choose “Extensions“

From the opened “Extensions” menu locate RayBan Instagram Scam and click on the garbage bin icon on the right of it.

After RayBan Instagram Scam is removed, restart Google Chrome by closing it from the red “X” in the top right corner and start it again.

Start Internet Explorer:

Click “‘Tools’ to open the drop menu and select ‘Manage Add-ons’

In the ‘Manage Add-ons’ window, make sure that in the first window ‘Add-on Types’, the drop menu ‘Show’ is on ‘All add-ons’

Select RayBan Instagram Scam to remove, and then click ‘Disable’. A pop-up window will appear to inform you that you are about to disable the selected toolbar, and some additional toolbars might be disabled as well. Leave all the boxes checked, and click ‘Disable’.

After RayBan Instagram Scam has been removed, restart Internet Explorer by closing it from the red ‘X’ in the top right corner and start it again.

Start Safari

Open the drop menu by clicking on the sprocket icon in the top right corner.

From the drop menu select ‘Preferences’
In the new window select ‘Extensions’
Click once on RayBan Instagram Scam
Click ‘Uninstall’

A pop-up window will appear asking for confirmation to uninstall RayBan Instagram Scam. Select ‘Uninstall’ again, and the RayBan Instagram Scam will be removed.

Some malicious scripts may modify the registry entries of your computer to change different settings. This is why manual clean up of your Windows Registry Database is strongly recommended. Since the tutorial on how to do this is a bit lenghty, we recommend following our instructive article about fixing registry entries.

Automatically remove RayBan Instagram Scam by downloading an advanced anti-malware program

1. Remove RayBan Instagram Scam with SpyHunter Anti-Malware Tool and back up your data

Remove RayBan Instagram Scam with SpyHunter Anti-Malware Tool

1. Install SpyHunter to scan for and remove RayBan Instagram Scam.2. Scan with SpyHunter to Detect and Remove RayBan Instagram Scam. Back up your data to secure it against infections and file encryption by RayBan Instagram Scam in the future.

Step 1:Click on the “Download” button to proceed to SpyHunter’s download page.

Download

Malware Removal Tool

It is highly recommended to run a scan before purchasing the full version of the software to make sure that the current version of the malware can be detected by SpyHunter.

Step 2: Guide yourself by the download instructions provided for each browser.
Step 3: After you have installed SpyHunter, wait for it to automatically update.

Step1: After the update process has finished, click on the ‘Scan Computer Now’ button.

Step2: After SpyHunter has finished scanning your PC for any RayBan Instagram Scam files, click on the ‘Fix Threats’ button to remove them automatically and permanently.

Step3: Once the intrusions on your PC have been removed, it is highly recommended to restart it.

Back up your data to secure it against attacks in the future

IMPORTANT! Before reading the Windows backup instructions, we highly recommend to back up your data automatically with cloud backup and insure it against any type of data loss on your device, even the most severe. We recommend reading more about and downloading SOS Online Backup .

SOS Online Backup

Optional: Using Alternative Anti-Malware Tools

Remove RayBan Instagram Scam Using Other Alternative Tools

STOPZilla Anti Malware

1. Download and Install STOPZilla Anti-malware to Scan for And Remove RayBan Instagram Scam.
Step 1: Download STOPZilla by clicking here.
Step 2: A pop-up window will appear. Click on the ‘Save File’ button. If it does not, click on the Download button and save it afterwards.

Step 3: After you have downloaded the setup, simply open it.
Step 4: The installer should appear. Click on the ‘Next’ button.

Step 5: Check the ‘I accept the agreement’ check circle if not checked if you accept it and click the ‘Next’ button once again.

Step 6: Review and click on the ‘Install’ button.

Step 7: After the installation process has completed click on the ‘Finish’ button.

2. Scan your PC with STOPZilla Anti Malware to remove all RayBan Instagram Scam associated files completely.
Step 1: Launch STOPZilla if you haven’t launched it after install.
Step 2: Wait for the software to automatically scan and then click on the ‘Repair Now’ button. If it does not scan automatically, click on the ‘Scan Now’ button.

Step 3: After the removal of all threats and associated objects, you should Restart your PC.

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Vencislav Krustev

Ventsislav has been covering the latest malware, software and newest tech developments at SensorsTechForum for 3 years now. He started out as a network administrator. Having graduated Marketing as well, Ventsislav also has passion for discovery of new shifts and innovations in cybersecurity that become game changers. After studying Value Chain Management and then Network Administration, he found his passion within cybersecrurity and is a strong believer in basic education of every user towards online safety.

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