Recently the occurrence of this phishing scam has become more and more of a problem on
Facebook. This exact occurrence started on Myspace and has taken over Facebook in the last
couple of months.
When you get a wall post saying something like:
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"hey do u realize your Face book picture is all over"
"hey do u realize your Face book photo is all over"
"has anyone messaged you to let you know your profile image is being featured on
"Happy Holidays :) Need any extra Xmas money? check out this news article"
"I heard some family members talking about this over Thanksgiving"
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BEWARE. Do not follow this link or try to login with your Facebook login info. They can trace
personal information about you in this way. You will then without knowing post the same type of
message on all of your friends' walls and so the message spreads. Computers called Spiders logs
onto your profile and does this. The only way to stop this internet virus is to be aware of it and to
spread the awareness. After that make sure that you change your Face book login info &
(password).
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New valentine's day occurrence:
Ignore messages on your wall saying you received a VDAY card! If you followed the link, change
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Support for your Computer
If your Windows PC or Mac is ever infected with malware or a virus, check out these helpful
sites:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/default.mspx
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222
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Free Online Virus Scanners
You should also immediately run a virus scan using one of these sites:
http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner
http://security.symantec.com
http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/scan.asp?affid=56
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8
http://onecare.live.com/site/en-us/default.htm
http://ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
http://www.ewido.net/en/onlinescan
http://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/solutions/activescan
GOODLUCK
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