Morning's Light

Last night, I had an unusual message in my inbox in Facebook. I opened it, clicked the link and then proceeded to DOWNLOAD the item that said I was to update…which took me to a fake youtube page.   Then my facebook account sent out spam messages to friends…  My virus protection program is now doing a full scan… but I can't believe I clicked those links!

The author of this post did the same thing…..and said that if he'd received the email in a personal account like gmail, he wouldn't have opened it or clicked the link.  But he trusted the person who sent him the message on facebook.

So now I sit here wondering if my computer is infected.  Crapola!

UPDATE:  I ran Windows Defender on my computer and found some software running without my permission.  Deleted it.

I wrote this so you'd be aware that there is a virus in facebook and to be alert for odd messages that may appear. 

• If I'd paid attention and was aware there were bad messages in my inbox, I wouldn't have clicked the link and then DOWNLOADED the item they wanted me to download.  I pretty much invited the bad stuff in. 
• The message was kinda crude and arrived in my facebook inbox from someone who is quite conservative and modest.  I was surprised at the topic….but opened the message. (DING DING DING – warning sign, Sunny, warning sign)
• I should know that most of my facebook messages don't have LINKS – especially ones that don't make sense (the link was full of nonsense).

So if you have facebook, be careful but don't worry too much 🙂