Information Madness

While Facebook is numero uno Social networking site with more than 500 million facebook users, its the new home of scammers, spammers and data thieves.

With Social Networking, you as a user are responsible for your own privacy and safety. If you have any doubt on any link posted on your wall, just don't click on it.

I wrote earlier about the Facebook Scams that asks you to activate the Facebook Dislike button. Just like that, I started noticing so many of my friends posting "Look who viewed my profile" posts on my wall. So here is what's going on with "Who Viewed My Profile" scam.

You might receive an e-mail notification that tells you a friend has posted a link on your wall with this context:

"LOL !! Me cant believe that you can see who is viewing your profile! I can see the TOP 10 people and I am really OPENMOUTHED that my EX is still checking my Pix and my Profile. You can also see WH0 CHECKS YOUR PR0FILE here)"

The most important thing to understand about this scam is that you should not click the link. If you don't click the link and opt-in, the virus is rendered powerless. If you click the link, and you happen to be logged into your Facebook account when you do, the virus immediately goes to work posting the same link and content on your friends' walls.

How can you fix it?

There's no way to stop it in progress — the only way to repair the damage is to visit each of your friends' walls one-by-one and remove the post, or message all and hope they haven't already clicked the link, as well.

Once you identified that your account is affected by such scam, please go to your account and change your password immediately to stop the scam spread to your other friends.

Remember that with Social Media tools, your safety and your privacy is in your own hands!! Happy Facebooking :)