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Even FaceBook has spam...

Those who have their computers infected will begin sending messages to friends on their wall:

"Wow... look what somebody wrote about you in their blog... it's a bit harsh. check it out Go here http://xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx.com"

Clicking on that link will bring you to a forgery site (phishing site) where should you enter your login and password will have your accounts, hacked.

It's been quite sometime since I last wrote, I have a lot of personal issues to deal with lately... but I'm back and am starting on my thinking cap again about all the stuff I wanted to write since my disappearance.

Spam emails are getting very sophisticated lately, having copied email postings of big companies like Paypal, Hallmark with their notifications to distribute spyware/malware to your computer. Just last week I had a friend complaining of a laptop issue where the windows was sluggish, ask him if he ever downloaded anything suspicious and he claims he didn't... but upon inspection, I detected a few Hallmark card notifications which the links ended as .exe and .scr files instead of a proper link to where the card is located. Common extensions that harbour viruses and such.

In short, it took a painstaking 4 hours just to remove all problems on his system. What's the lesson to be learned here?