How do i get rid of the ipad 2 tester virus on facebook?

A few days ago I was using the Facebook app on my iPhone 4 and noticed that I had a picture of an iPad 2 in my Wall Photos... turns out that I had 85 copies of the same picture! All of them had captions about being a tester for the iPad 2. I immediately started deleting the pictures, but I switched to my desktop because I figured it would be easier. Oddly enough, the photos didn't appear in my account at all.
At that point, I was able to conclude that the virus/spam/malware was local to my iPhone.
I had a friend try to view my pictures on his mobile device, and again, he couldn't see any of the ipad spam pictures. Weird. I've deleted all but 14 copies of the iPad picture, but the rest can't be deleted. I also tried looking up info on Safari, but my searches get redirected.
I'm really surprised by all of this. The virus is not affecting my phone in any other way, BUT I WANT THE PICTURES OFF!
Should I just restore my phone? Is it likely that the creator of the virus wanted the user to restore the phone to somehow spread the virus?
PLEASE HELP!

For the record, I haven't jailbroken my device. Also, I understand that it's the standard that "Macs don't get viruses," but if they can be written for Mac computers then they COULD be writtten for iOS devices.
http://articles.cnn.com/2009-04-22/tech/first.mac.botnet_1_apple-computers-harmf ul-programs-botnet?_s=PM:TECH

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