July 30, 2008 10:35 AM

Virus Preys On Facebook Fans

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There's a warning out about a spam e-mail being sent out with the subject line: "F.B.I. vs. facebook". If recipients click on the attached link purporting to be a news article on the subject, malware is downloaded and their computers become infected with a virus that can control the machine to send out messages from an outside user. Click here to read the advisory from the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center. To learn more about protecting your computer from viruses, visit CNET's Security Center.

Tags:: storm virus ,; worm ,; security

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by cnnfan August 2, 2008 10:08 PM EDT: Please delete the duplicate Posted by CNNfan at 07:02 PM : Aug 02, 2008. The Publish button was disabled, which caused a duplicate.
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by cnnfan August 2, 2008 10:07 PM EDT: Please delete the duplicate Posted by CNNfan at 07:02 PM : Aug 02, 2008. The Publish button was disabled, which caused a duplicate.
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by cnnfan August 2, 2008 10:02 PM EDT: The title of this SciTech article suggests that only fans are attacked. That is highly unlikely. A computer virus needs to be assisted by humans to spread. So a computer virus that discriminates on the basis of fandom, is less likely to survive long enough to be reported on by the main stream media. Just ask one of the top Science Technology Reporters in broadcast journalism: Daniel Sieberg.; Reply to this comment


by cnnfan August 2, 2008 10:01 PM EDT: The title of this SciTech article suggests that only fans are attacked. That is highly unlikely. A computer virus needs to be assisted by humans to spread. So a computer virus that discriminates on the basis of fandom, is less likely to survive long enough to be reported on by the main stream media. Just ask one of the top Science Technology Reporters in broadcast journalism: Daniel Sieberg.; Reply to this comment


by jndfx2-2009 July 31, 2008 3:56 AM EDT: I have no idea why you people are putting down facebook fans...
It''s just another website, and people use it as a way to interact with friends that they meet from all over the world, as they normally wouldn''t be able to keep in touch with them, except trough email, but everyone knows that''s old news; Reply to this comment


by remarkor July 30, 2008 9:34 PM EDT: I believe the #1 virus preying on Facebook fans is herpes.; Reply to this comment


by nordeck52 July 30, 2008 8:16 PM EDT: Good. These people need to get a real life. Facebook, Youtube, Myspace, Flikr... nothing but online sanctuaries for no life having nerds. Get out of the basement for once nerds.

Posted by azure11 at 04:47 PM : Jul 30, 2008

Tell that to all the people that I know on Facebook who are anything BUT nerds. And why don''t you take the opportunity to grow up while you''re at it.

"Virus Preys On Facebook Fans"

Really? There''''s a pathetic loser virus?

Posted by babykilller at 02:32 PM : Jul 30, 2008

Same thing goes for you. There are tons of class valedictorians from various high schools and colleges on Facebook, and to call them "pathetic losers" would be a major insult. Not to mention an oxymoron.; Reply to this comment