http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2010/02/02/facebook-the-riskiest-social-networking-site/ Geek News Central is the technical site for Geeks. We Spin tech for the common man. With a Family of Tech Shows and Content. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:38:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2010/02/02/facebook-the-riskiest-social-networking-site/comment-page-1/#comment-9391 Nolan Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:15:13 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/?p=11071#comment-9391 I know that Facebook itself has virus problems. I have about 1000 friends and every week 1 or 2 have their account hacked. Either they don't know how or a rogue FB app did it. It's scary. I know that Facebook itself has virus problems. I have about 1000 friends and every week 1 or 2 have their account hacked. Either they don’t know how or a rogue FB app did it. It’s scary.

]]> http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2010/02/02/facebook-the-riskiest-social-networking-site/comment-page-1/#comment-9368 Joe Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:15:53 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/?p=11071#comment-9368 I, too, work in IT on a college campus and I see the same things you do. The problem is not Facebook but, rather, human behavior. You said your family "should know better." So should mine. I've drilled it in their heads but it just doesn't matter. And with social engineering getting better and better, we see more and more student computers infected and even faculty/staff computers because the antivirus systems simply can't keep up. Our main IT department is even considering dropping Antivirus availability because it has become a reactionary proposition. I, too, work in IT on a college campus and I see the same things you do. The problem is not Facebook but, rather, human behavior. You said your family “should know better.” So should mine. I’ve drilled it in their heads but it just doesn’t matter. And with social engineering getting better and better, we see more and more student computers infected and even faculty/staff computers because the antivirus systems simply can’t keep up. Our main IT department is even considering dropping Antivirus availability because it has become a reactionary proposition.

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