Topic: Virus question
Cutiepieforyou's photo
Fri 10/07/11 10:17 AM
Does anyone know if you can get a virus from Facebook?
Thanks.

markecephus's photo
Fri 10/07/11 02:24 PM
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

Cutiepieforyou's photo
Fri 10/07/11 04:07 PM
Thanks! I think that may be what killed my last laptop.