Facebook spam virus?

[vjp2.at]

When you try to examine the notification of a phoney
facebook message, can you get a virus?


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[David H. Lipman]

When you try to examine the notification of a phoney
facebook message, can you get a virus?

You can get malware from just about almost anywhere on the 'net.

 

[s|b]

On Sun, 24 Apr 2011 00:06:02 +0000 (UTC),

When you try to examine the notification of a phoney
facebook message, can you get a virus?

AFAIK you can, but if you use Firefox as your browser, you can install
the NoScript add-on. That'll stop just about anything.

 

[FromTheRafters]

When you try to examine the notification of a phoney
facebook message, can you get a virus?

You can get a virus any time that you execute a (probably new) program
on your computer. I'm not sure what you mean by the above; is it a
*real* notification of a fake message, or a *fake* notification of a
real message? By 'examine' are you talking about clicking on some URL
link or using some kind of viewing/editing software?

If you click on a link, you are more or less at the mercy of the server
you are connecting to (real or fake) and the exploit vulnerability of
the software that you are running. If you are using viewing/editing
software that is vulnerable to software exploit, then just viewing
malicious content can cause you to run a new program, which in turn
*might* be a virus. If you use a browser (in the case of a link) then
that could be the vulnerable software instead of the viewing/editing
software.

Your chances of getting a clickworm or trojan are greater than your
chances of getting a virus though.

Okay, so I made up the word clickworm, there's a method to my madness. )

 

[gufus]

Hello, s|b!

AFAIK you can, but if you use Firefox as your browser, you can install
the NoScript add-on. That'll stop just about anything.

Are your key words "just about"
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[s|b]

Are your key words "just about"

So far, it hasn't backfired on me and if it does, I got backups... ;-)

 

[vjp2.at]

I was using Chrome and it froze on notification (I never actually
saw the spam notification) then I saw the pseudo-sender's page
alerrting of the spam


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[gufus]

Hello, s|b!

So far, it hasn't backfired on me and if it does, I got backups... ;-)

Me too.. BU's
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[jw]

On Sun, 24 Apr 2011 00:06:02 +0000 (UTC),

When you try to examine the notification of a phoney
facebook message, can you get a virus?

Facebook itself IS a virus. Go to ANY website with a facebook link,
and facebook is following you and noting everything you are doing.
That's not a phony facebook message, it's the REAL THING.
Dont use Facebook, block all FB content in your HOSTS file.

I cant wait for someone to finally bring Facebook down with a legal
suit. This is long overdue.......
FB is ruining the entire internet !!!