Comments on: Facebook Users Be Careful Clicking Links On Your Wall

By: BadEvan

BadEvan — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:50:56 +0000

I’ve been lucky enough, or wise enough, to not get hit with this one. My little sister got hit with TheFeedWater. Took awhile to get it off her system.

By: facebook application development

facebook application development — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:23:26 +0000

On social networks especially Facebook, user must care to add the friends

By: Frank J

Frank J — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:56:45 +0000

Michael,

Users need to be extra cautious now and especially during the holiday season.

By: Michael Aulia

Michael Aulia — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:01:46 +0000

A friend’s account actually got hacked a few days ago. I was surprised that she posted something like “I was making $60 today from **a link**”

I thought she was serious so I clicked on it. Thank goodness nothing happened
But I guess I’m kinda side tracked a bit, forgive me

By: Frank J

Frank J — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:41:19 +0000

Mike,

Koobface is a botnet which means they create many variations of exploits. They may never go away, but it will keep the security companies profitable.

By: Frank J

Frank J — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:39:44 +0000

Dagorret,

Thanks for the link share. This is similar to what occurred on Twitter.

By: Frank J

Frank J — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:38:29 +0000

Bunny,

Smart move. I would not add anyone until FB has a solution to block this issue.

By: Mike McEvoy

Mike McEvoy — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:02:23 +0000

Yeah, the Koobface malware is nasty. Plus it seems like it doesn’t go away. Its been been circulating for some time now and continues to rear its ugly head. Good advice for avoiding this one. Also, keeping all antivirus and internet security software up to date is important.

By: Teasastips

Teasastips — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:01:34 +0000

I am very careful about adding friends I do not know on Facebook. One of my friends on Facebook caught a virus that was sent to him as a video. Someone was masquerading as his friend and sent him an email to his Facebook inbox. He opened the email and not only did it affect him, it also sent the video to all his friends. The friends that opened the email were also infected, and so on. All I can say is be careful.

By: dagorret

dagorret — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:20:21 +0000

This malware is the same that caused the fall of Twitter for an attack.

http://www.dagorret.net/2009/08/06/did-koobface-cause-the-twitter-ddos-attack/