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Topic: Facebook folks please read ASAP

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1	Dave Mon 12/8/2008 1:40p	This comes from Leo Leporte "The Tech Guy" this weekend on his radio show on KFI in Los Angeles http://www.kfi640.com/pages/Le...e=444335 ~~~~~~ KOOBFACE virus strikes Facebook If you have a Facebook page, go to Facebook right now and change your password. There’s a flaw in the Facebook architecture which allows Koobface to harvest passwords. Don’t use real dictionary words. Use punctuation, numbers, the longer and more random, the better. The idea is to make it nearly impossible to access your account using a brute force attack. Beware email from a friend on Facebook that contains links to videos to play. It’ll take you to a website which will infect you by asking you to update your flash player. But it isn’t. It’s a virus that takes over your computer and turns it into a SPAM BOT Zombie. http://techguylabs.com/radio/S...516#toc4 ~~~~~~ So please change your passwords now
2	mawnck Mon 12/8/2008 3:28p	Confirmed. I got hit with one of those video links myself. Fortunately for me, my Mac was not interested. Your PC may not be so reticent.
3	Jim in Merced CA Mon 12/8/2008 3:47p	Got it. My new password is: 9)&%220Ju71M
4	utahjosh Mon 12/8/2008 3:50p	Ha! Good one, Jim!
5	mawnck Mon 12/8/2008 3:57p	If you aren't doing any regular anti-virus regimens, this is a mighty good excuse to start. Here are some freebies that I dig for my Microsoft-infested pooters: Malwarebytes http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php AVG http://www.avg.com/product-avg...-edition Ad-Aware http://www.lavasoft.com/single...lpay.php SpywareBlaster http://www.javacoolsoftware.co...ter.html
6	friendofdd Mon 12/8/2008 3:59p	Confirmed by snopes. http://www.snopes.com/computer...face.asp
7	chickendumpling Mon 12/8/2008 4:59p	Thanks for the info, Dave. And very thoughtful of you to post those links, mawnck. Thanks!
8	FiveBearRugs Mon 12/8/2008 6:49p	Dangit Jim! (Since I can't say the other word, lol) I was going to use that password! Well...I'm now changing mine to 12345~+
9	LadyKluck Tue 12/9/2008 7:48a	I ready received the link from the virus - sad thing was it was "from" an LPer but luckily I had already been warned b4 I got it not to open it. Thanks for the virus scanner links mawnck I've been looking for a decent one that doesn't just add more viruses!
10	-em Tue 12/9/2008 7:54a	Thanks Dave- But if I cant remember this password itll all be your fault :)

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