Sorry it has taken so long to post lately. Thanksgiving break was real busy. So today I want to make some of you aware of a spamming worm that is using facebook to spam your friends.
Essentially the worm uses your account to send spam messages to friends on facebook. If you have been asked to update your flash player in facebook then you should update your anti-virus and anti-spyware software and run a scan. If you have had a number of friends complaining they are receiving spam messages from you then you may have been infected.
If you do not have antivirus software I suggest you get some. There are some free services and some online scanners that may be good for an immediate scan. Free Scan
Here are some other free service tools from McAfee and Norton
If you have or feel your security has been compromised I would highly recommend you change your passwords. Try to use a combination of words, numbers, characters and capital letters. for example Monkey.2Brain I know that is crazy but it is unique, you will also need to try and remember it so make it memorable.
Reality Check : Safety is always a priority online.
Tags: anti-spyware, anti-virus, facebook, infected, McAfee, myspace, Norton, security, spam
Ok, I dont know how many of you are aware of this but there are some slimy marketers out there. The latest thing I have noticed in facebook is some people incorrectly tagging people in pictures. The problem is those are not pictures of you or my friends rather it is someone trying to drive traffic to their site using false pretenses.
In some ways I feel it is personally deceptive and disgusting. It was just a matter of time before greedy unscrupulous people would find a way to abuse the system. For goodness sake if your product is not good enough to generate a web buzz, what in the world makes you think I will trust your product or brand when you get me there using trickery. Stop using and abusing my friends to sell your crap.
Reality Check : If you have utilised this underhanded means for 
your product, Slap yourself someone needs to knock some sense into you and it might as well be you. You are a scumbag for violating friendships with your photo tagging marketing spam. Facebook needs to get tough on these creeps abusing a wonderful system.
Tags: marketing, spam, tagging, web buzz