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Does anyone know if you can get a virus from Facebook?
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According to McAfee and Snopes, yes, in a way.. if you get emails directing you to Facebook, and you click a link, you could wind up with a trojan. These emails may appear to come from Facebook, but from what i understand is not a Facebook notification email.
*edit, Links to you tube, which appear to be coming from a Facebook email, may contain a trojan. for more, google "snopes facebook virus" **edit, here is a direct link, the posts denoted by a green dot are verified, the ones denoted in red are not. http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/virus.asp |
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Thanks! I think that may be what killed my last laptop.
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