Hello everyone this is David. I have recently been having some conversations with some friends on facebook. There is a series of viruses going around on FB and I know how it is happening. I try to explain it to my friends with status updates and videos and e-mails but I have done it to no avail. I explained that when you play the applications on FB that is fine but just don't post the results of what or how well you did, because that is where the hackers hide their viruses. Now it is funny they keep posting them as to say they either don't believe me, don't respect me or flat out just don't care about me. I explained that when you play those app's and finish playing the app it gives you a chance to post the results and send the results along to a number of friends as well as make a post on your profile page which shows up on all your friends list for them to see on their home page. I explained that by doing that you must agree to give that app access to your FB information and friends list. By doing that you have just exposed your so called friends to a potential virus, worm or trojan horse. This does not seem to bother them in the least but it really bothers me. I ask them how many of them had computer programming skills and none replied. Most can barely use the computer but they seem to know more then me who went to college for computer programming and analysis. So I really have no choice but to boot them off my friends list. I have one friend who has been hit with the virus twice this week alone. There were 8 friends who got the virus last week. A virus sent from a so called friend attacked their computers and sent out fake videos in their names that had trojan horses attached to it and several people caught the virus from clicking on the link. Please don't believe that just because you have virus protection software that you are safe. Who do you think writes some of these viruses to keep them in business? It does not stop you from hosting it. Compare it to the aids virus. There are many people that do not actually catch the virus but they are a host. They actually have the virus but it has not attacked their system and they are known as host. Well I did my best to inform my friends and I even told them if they keep making the post I was going to have to drop them off my friends list. Well this morning as I fire up my facebook page. What do you think was all over my home page? You got it. There were about 8 post of the results of the app's they had been playing already today. So there is 8 chance that a virus might of been sent out. Now take the 8 chance and multiply it by the number of friends on their friends list and you will see how many people have just been potentially infected with a virus from their host friends. now not all of them have the same friends so the potential grows. I did explain that after you play the app just type us a note on your status page and tell us how you did but they are to darn lazy or disrespectful to do that. They would rather put their so called friends at risk of losing the identities. It does not seem to bother them in the least about that either. So ask yourself this. Are they truly my friend, if they are willing to put my computer and my identity at risk? I would believe the answer is a firm NO. So with that being said I have some so called friends on facebook I need to go give the big boot to. Have a great day and I hope this post helps you out. You might of just found out how you caught your last virus.
Thanks,
David
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