Jerson’s Pad

If you happen to log in to your Facebook account recently, you have probably been prompted of a Facebook privacy announcement before you can go straight into your Facebook profile home page. It says that Facebook is making some changes to give Facebook users more control of what user information are willing to share to public to stay connected, some of this info are but not limited to your Facebook profile name and picture.

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Facebook is so popular today because of its built in applications. If you’re a Facebook user I am sure you are familiar with its addictive games, built in messaging system, photo uploading capabilities, video sharing and the list goes on. But are you aware that there are viruses lurking out there for a new victim!

We can all agree as a Facebook user that it has almost all the cool things we could possibly ask for a social website but not including viruses. Social website Viruses can compromise our privacy and sensitive information without knowing. It not just Facebook that is the target of this malicious worms or applications but other social websites as well. Koobface (Anagram for “Facebook”) worm virus which appeared in August 2008 found its way into the Facebook and began causing havoc across the network. It targets the users of the social networking websites Facebook, MySpace, hi5, Bebo, Friendster and Twitter.
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Facebook has been one of several websites I regularly visit for some time now. Actually, I was registered in Facebook way before my friends started inviting me. Before, I really didn’t take Facebook seriously because I don’t want to track a lot of social bookmarking websites and I know I can’t monitor all of them. Anyway, most of my friends are moving to Facebook so I followed them so we could still have some communication despite our busy lives.
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