Facebook Shuts Down Malware Spreading Fake Profiles

Facebook conducted a vigorous scanning of user profiles on Thursday to identify and shutdown those which were found identical and were created for the purpose of spreading malware.

A number of AVG Antivirus users reported that AVG's link scanning service detected a lot of profiles with identical data but different names. These profiles contained a home video which displayed a fake antivirus alert when users clicked on it. The main purpose of these profile creators was to trick people into paying for bogus security software that they didn't need as well as to hijack Credit Card information and leave spyware on users' machines.

Facebook is looking into how these accounts were created and it thinks that it's very likely that the sign-up process was manual, or that the person behind the attack farmed out the Captchas to be solved by humans for a price.

Facebook Becoming a Source of Jealousy for Lovers

When was the next time you saw your lover's profile on facebook after a fight? Just to see the status of relationship? Oh! don't get me wrong. Some social psychologists at the University of Guelph in Ontario would like you to know that they can prove that your heartbreak is largely Facebook's fault, or rather that the fault lies in the fact that Facebook exists. After a little research, the wise brains penned a study entitled "More Information than You Ever Wanted: Does Facebook Bring Out the Green-Eyed Monster of Jealousy?"

UK Government To Monitor Social Networking Sites Such as Facebook

In a recent news update by BBC, it has been mentioned that UK government is going to monitor all social networking sites in the UK for the UK citizens. This also includes all other and Facebook, MySpace and Bebo which are hot favorite all around the world amongst the Social Networking enthusiasts.

Government says that the monitoring is going to take place to decrease terrorism threats and plans. However, this could affect the business of those sites being monitored as it would affect the traffic patterns as well as a decrease in the tendency to use the Social Networking sites.

Facebook is particularly popular because of the privacy it offers over other Social Networking sites and hence most concerned.

So if you are in UK and want to say hello to Joe... They are watching you!!!