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Can someone hack Facebook friend list?
My son's Facebook account just sent out a viral email to all of his friends. The email contained a link to a porn site that might have a virus. I didn't click on it but several other did and said that the site would hack your computer.
Can this happen in Facebook or is it more likely that he sent it to more than he thought? It's just odd that it was to ALL of his friends and it contained what appears to be a virus.
Thanks,
Can this happen in Facebook or is it more likely that he sent it to more than he thought? It's just odd that it was to ALL of his friends and it contained what appears to be a virus.
Thanks,
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He changed his password yesterday and this morning, while he was at school, I received an email from his facebook with the viral link again.
I am using gmail and usually when a link shows up that has the characteristics of hostile links it get put into spam but not this one.
Could my email now be on an anonymous hacker that only seems to be coming from Facebook?
I am using gmail and usually when a link shows up that has the characteristics of hostile links it get put into spam but not this one.
Could my email now be on an anonymous hacker that only seems to be coming from Facebook?
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I did both of these and haven't gotten any more emails. The software found several trojans that my McAfee's didn't
Good to see that the problem has been resolved :-) and thanks for the feedback.
I would recommend immediately changing your password and sending out an email to his friends and tell them they should do the same and change their password.