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Twitter Suckers

October 4, 2009 by Jeff Hester  
Filed under Social Networks

Why do we have Twitter worms? Because there are suckers out there who willingly give away their Twitter credentials for the promise of thousands of followers. Remember, the number of followers you have is irrelevant if they don’t really care to follow you. It’s quality, not quantity that matters.

In general, always exercise caution when deciding to click a link. Sometimes it’s better to just say no.

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Avoid Phishing Worms on WLM

April 14, 2009 by Doris Kenney  
Filed under Tutorials, Windows Live Messenger

Thank you to Jonathan Kay for giving his permission to repost his full blog entry from MessengerGeek on Live Spaces here for our BigBlueBall members. This is valuable information of which every WLM user should be aware. This is a wonderful explanation of what to watch out for, and what to do if you think you’ve been compromised.

As the most used instant messaging service in the world, it’s become more and more common to find your contacts sending out virus, spam and worm links through Messenger. There’s a lot of different types and different steps for removal, but the one most recently affecting people is a “phishing worm”. Read more