{"id":2489,"date":"2019-04-06T19:34:05","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=2489"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"No,-The-French-Flag-Colours-Overlay-on-Facebook-Profile-Pics-is-NOT-a-Virus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=2489","title":{"rendered":"No, The French Flag Colours Overlay on Facebook Profile Pics is NOT a Virus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>According to a rather strange little rumour that is currently gathering momentum on Facebook, the French flag colours overlay that many people are currently using for their profile pictures is a virus.<\/p>\n<p>However, the overlay is certainly not a virus and is in no way malicious.  \u00a0The overlay is simply a way to \u00a0show solidarity with France and the people of Paris after the recent terrorist attack in that nation.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook \u00a0now offers the option to temporarily change your profile picture to support a cause or even your sports team. The change places an overlay over your normal profile picture and you have the option of specifying how long the change \u00a0will remain:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/temp-change-profile-pic-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"340\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/no-the-french-flag-colours-overlay-on-facebook-profile-pics-is-not-a-virus\/temp-change-profile-pic-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/temp-change-profile-pic-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,581\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"temp-change-profile-pic-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/temp-change-profile-pic-1-300x218.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/temp-change-profile-pic-1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-340\" src=\"https:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/temp-change-profile-pic-1.jpg\" alt=\"Temporarily Change Profile Pic Facebook\" width=\"800\" height=\"581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/temp-change-profile-pic-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/temp-change-profile-pic-1-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/temp-change-profile-pic-1-275x200.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When a friend changes his or her profile \u00a0pic to show the French flag colours overlay, news of the \u00a0change will appear on your feed. If the temporary profile change option is available to you, you may see a &#8216;Try It&#8217; button on the bottom of the profile change post:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/temp-change-profile-pic-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"341\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/no-the-french-flag-colours-overlay-on-facebook-profile-pics-is-not-a-virus\/temp-change-profile-pic-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/temp-change-profile-pic-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,113\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"temp-change-profile-pic-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/temp-change-profile-pic-2-300x42.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/temp-change-profile-pic-2.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-341\" src=\"https:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/temp-change-profile-pic-2.jpg\" alt=\"Change Profile pic try it button\" width=\"800\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/temp-change-profile-pic-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/temp-change-profile-pic-2-300x42.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The option may not be available to all Facebook users at this time.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear how the &#8216;virus&#8217; rumour started. Perhaps, because so many Facebook users changed to the overlay so quickly, some people suspected that the change was somehow being spread by a virus.  \u00a0But, to reiterate, the overlay is not a virus and is completely harmless.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HSNet Article Center --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"5727909035\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/no-the-french-flag-colours-overlay-on-facebook-profile-pics-is-not-a-virus\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/no-the-french-flag-colours-overlay-on-facebook-profile-pics-is-not-a-virus\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a rather strange little rumour that is currently gathering momentum on Facebook, the French flag colours overlay that many people are currently using for their profile pictures is a virus. However, the overlay is certainly not a virus and is in no way malicious. \u00a0The overlay is simply a way to \u00a0show solidarity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hoax-inggris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}