{"id":1073,"date":"2010-08-24T16:38:18","date_gmt":"2010-08-24T20:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=1073"},"modified":"2010-08-24T16:40:12","modified_gmt":"2010-08-24T20:40:12","slug":"social-media-are-infiltrating-your-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/social-media-are-infiltrating-your-computer\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media are infiltrating your computer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since the introduction of the so-called “social media<\/strong>” Internet users are spending increasingly higher amounts of time being “social” online.<\/p>\n

Which translates, of course, to less real-life socializing. \ud83d\ude00
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Regardless of whether your friends, buddies, followers or readers share that same feeling of connection to you, there is a certain danger lurking in the shadows.<\/p>\n

Trojans and viruses.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Although on very rare occasions there are incidents of malware existing directly on the social media platforms themselves – e.g. Facebook or Twitter – the real problem is email.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Email is still the #1 source of computer infection from trojans, viruses and other malware, delivered in the form of an attachment or as a URL forward to web sites that contain code which in turn infects the unsuspected visitors.<\/p>\n

With social media being a daily source of communication, there is a huge increase in the number of fake emails that appear to be coming from Twitter, Facebook, Myspace etc. These emails mimic the notifications<\/strong> sent by the respective social media web sites, and more often they are carrying the little germs that will attempt to take over your computer.<\/p>\n

With subject lines such as “You have a new message on Twitter<\/em>” or “John Doe has sent you a message on Facebook<\/em>” these emails are relying on a user’s instinctive reaction to a message that they are familiar with receiving many times a day.<\/p>\n

Be careful with these messages<\/strong> – ensure you have a quality antivirus installed and active at all times and preferably never open such emails. <\/strong>Instead, just go to Facebook or Twitter or Myspace directly and check to see if indeed a message is waiting for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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