Facebook video scam puts malware on Mac and Windows
This is too bad that people haven’t learned what drumrobot said below. Perhaps after enough time people will learn.
It would really help if people just learned a few basic rules, including:
1. If you get a popup message telling you that your computer is infected, and it is not a program that you recognize, it’s fake.
2. Any program that tells you that your computer is infected and asks you to pay to remove it is fake.
3. If a program tells you that your computer is infected and you haven’t even scanned your computer, guess what*? It’s also fake.
4. You can’t see who viewed your Facebook profile. You won’t be able to watch the OBL raid. You can’t get a free iPad. (In short, “don’t be so gullible.”)
If people just took the time to learn (about five minutes would be sufficient), then the Internet would be a hell of a lot cleaner.
- I’m not talking about the messages you get from real AV software; I’m referring to the “Your computer has [insert large number] viruses!”
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