Facebook virus

Have you encountered this kind of virus message or perhaps fallen for it?

  • Yes I saw it but ignored it

    Votes: 2 11.1%
  • Yes I fell for it

    Votes: 1 5.6%
  • No

    Votes: 15 83.3%
  • Unsure

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    18
My inbox says 35 in my home screen and 34 on my profile screen...
:confused:
 
moral of the story is... don't click on weird links that claim to know stuff about you. Only get your program updates from the official sites.
 
Sorry for thread revival, but don't forget about the links that actually point to FB pages, with a few little nuggets added on.

Overview of structure of URL:
Code:
http://
What protocol your browser should use

Code:
subdomain.domain.top-level-domain
In this case, usually www.facebook.com

Code:
/path/to/files/to/serve.extension
The path to the file you want your browser to fetch. If it's extension is html, then you are asking for an html page, if it's php then you are asking for a php page (which would evaluate to an html page eventually).

Code:
?var1=val2&var2=val2
Some GET variables to give a script specific values. Useful for passing along details of a page for pasting to others.

Why is this all relevant? Well it turns out that you can paste a link to someone that, if they are logged into facebook, will change their login details, send an invite to friends, etc.

Maybe you all know this is possible, but maybe this will help someone (I've just spent the last half hour explaining to someone who had their account "hacked").
 
I didn't fell for it.

I subscribed to it. Used it for a while to see what happened to old school+student mates of mine and then I simply stopped using it when I got the information.

I log in once every month or so to see if there is anything new like if someone has become pregnant or got engaged etc.
 
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