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5 FACEBOOK SCAMS : Protect your Profile
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by RayBanBro66 | March 13, 2009 at 02:27 am
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5 Facebook Scams: Protect Your Profile
There are 5 scams in this article, but the one that EVERYBODY falls for is this one
Scam #2: The widget warriorThe scam: Facebook is famous for its widgets -- you know, the third-party applications that you can add onto your account. Sometimes, though, widgets turn into warriors with a single mission: stealing your data.
The first rogue widget reared its head in 2008, when researchers realized that a program called Secret Crush had anything but sweet intentions. The application, which was supposed to help you find your virtual admirers, instead installed spyware onto your computer. Even worse, it encouraged you to spread the love by getting other friends onboard -- essentially "manipulating humans to pass it along on their own," says Guillaume Lovet, senior manager of Fortinet's Threat Response Team.
Read the full article on how to protect yourselfs from this and other scams.
This is why I don't accept "Invitations" to join this or that. I just delete them or ignore.
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at 03:39 on March 13th, 2009
Thanx Cypresso. I just get sick of being inundated with these Invitation Requests. Saw the article and knew there was a reason I was deleting them anyways.
at 07:43 on March 13th, 2009
Thanks for this info - I had no idea.
at 07:44 on March 13th, 2009
Thanks for that info, I just got into facebook and really dont know all the tricks yet. thanks again
at 08:55 on March 13th, 2009
Thanks for the timely article.
at 10:09 on March 13th, 2009
Thanks for this report.
at 17:04 on March 13th, 2009
You're quite welcome... and Thank You
at 17:04 on March 13th, 2009
Absolutely... and thank you
at 17:07 on March 13th, 2009
Sure thing Barbara.... it seems as though EVERYBODY has a Facebook... just wanted to make folk aware of these 3rd party applications. They're probably all not malicious, but in this day and age I don't trust anything that's "free"
Thanx for your comment
at 17:08 on March 13th, 2009
Absolutely hanringtola... and thank you for your comment
at 15:00 on March 13th, 2009
Yeah, I tend to avoid add-ons: I think I've only installed three. Ever. Including the one that NowPublic developed.
at 17:11 on March 13th, 2009
Jordan my friend... I agree with you. Matter of fact after I saw this article I went into my FB and deleted 3rd party apps from when I first started using FB a couple months ago. I think SOME of these 3rd party software developers prey on the innocence of new members to FB.
Thanx for the comment
at 16:13 on April 21st, 2009
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