Long story short, ignore the hype and keep your PC and Facebook account secure by taking a pass on this “free” download. You’ll see that the first few entries in the search results will take you to websites where you can download the app, but most of the pages listed explain how to remove it (Hint: it isn’t easy). If you want to see for yourself just how bad this app is, simply do a Google search for the term fbdownloader. The installer has check boxes where you can supposedly opt out of having your browser home page and default search provider changed, but these choices are typically ignored and your browsers are hijacked anyway. Even worse, it will also post ads on your Facebook Timeline and try to entice your friends to install the app on their Facebook accounts as well. But it will also install malware on your system and hijack ALL of your installed web browsers (not just the one you used to install fbDOWNLOADER).

Well, fbDOWNLOADER will indeed perform the tasks mentioned in the “pitch”, and perform them quite well. Sound like a great app, right? The pitch sounds so good in fact that a very well-known tech expert fell for it and recommended this app on her weekly radio show and on her website. Even download the ‘public’ pictures of your Facebook friends and other photos that you have been tagged in.”

The “pitch” sounds so tempting: “ Download all of your Facebook photos and albums directly to your PC at one time. If you ever receive an offer or recommendation to download a free Facebook app called fbDOWNLOADER, I strongly recommend that you don’t.

Fbdownloader app