Can you catch a virus from facebook?

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Just curious if you can catch a virus from clicking on things in facebook, opening apps, etc.

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Answer:  Yes.

 

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/10/hacked_facebook_apps_lead_to_m.html
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Yes.

As a matter of fact facebook is a known place of bad malware

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The Koobface worm, for instance, spread(s) via social network websites like Facebook - in fact, Koobface derives its name from Facebook.

 

You can also read more on Facebook and the risks associated with it over here at a Symantec employee's blog:

http://community.norton.com/t5/Ask-Marian/Cognitive-Distortion-and-Social-Networks/ba-p/64257#A254

http://community.norton.com/t5/Ask-Marian/Facebook-Users-Vulnerable-to-Scammers/ba-p/65096#A256 

http://community.norton.com/t5/Ask-Marian/Phishing-attacks-on-Facebook-users-point-to-efforts-to-mine/ba-p/97626#A370

 

 

 

Message Edited by Yaso_Kuuhl on 12-03-2009 04:47 PM