Facebook said it is not testing a search box on the top of its pages, and those that actually see it may be infected with malware.
AllFacebook.com reported late Thursday that a user had discovered a search box at the top of the Facebook page, which the site initially implied was part of a Facebook strategy to add search to its pages.
“We are not testing the placement of a separate web search field and have no plans to do so,” a Facebook spokeswoman said in a statement. “We believe the second search field or “Search the Web” box appeared on peoples’ accounts as the result of unknown actions by a third party targeting the browser (potentially a browser plugin or malware) unrelated to Facebook.”
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Facebook also said it could help.
“If people think their browser may have been affected by malware, we offer a remediation process which includes a free browser-based virus scanning tool built by McAfee. Users are required to run this Scan and Repair tool and clean their machines of malware before accessing their account.”
While Google and Facebook have not struck a formal partnership, Microsoft and Facebook have, on two occasions: on Docs.com, a sharing site for online documents, whee users sign in with the Facebook ID; and a more recent partnership, whre Facebook likes were factored into Bing search results. The belief in the alleged Facebook search box may have been tied to what some people imagined could be a reciprocal partnership where Microsoft supplied search technology to the Facebook site. To date, Facebook has limited what information is searchable by outside search engines.
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