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Old “Windows Live Virus” Alive and Kicking on Facebook

15

Nov

2012

Dear Facebook user, if you have been seeing this message in your timeline lately, here’s what you must do:(1) Don’t panic.(2) Raise a skeptical eyebrow. It’s okay.click to enlargeThe text reads: !!!!!!!!!! RED ALERT for YOUR COMPUTER !!!!!!!!!! Please circulate this notice to your friends, family and contacts! In the coming days, warning: do not open […]

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“Invitation FACEBOOK” hoax

01

May

2012

There are a lot of genuine malware-laden fake Facebook emails about, but this one is a hoax.. and a very old one at that, going all the way back to the 1990s in one form or another. Subject: Fwd: FW: PLEASE CIRCULATE PLEASE CIRCULATE THIS NOTICE TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY ON YOUR CONTACT LIST In […]

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Facebook Invitation and the Olympic Torch

24

Nov

2011

Old hoaxes never die. They just get transplanted to Facebook. Sometimes literally, when a classic email hoax starts to spread with minor emendations through Facebook message or news feeds. In this case, the actual message (at least, as I received it) is still email, but it’s been adapted to appeal to the more than 800 million Facebook […]

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