[stefanbatory]

I bet most of it is from people gullible enough to click on the links that say “OMG, check this out!”

[MplsSteve]

The company that I work for has banned all access to social networking sites. They started doing it about a year ago.

I don’t know whether the reason was productivity reason or due to the fear of vruses and/or malware though.

I’m not a Facebooker so all in all, I don’t see a problem. But if they block Free Republic - katy, bar the door!

[OrangeHoof]

You can get a social disease from Facebook? Who’da thunk it?

[gunsequalfreedom]

What is a Facebook?

[snarkpup]

No one gives a flip about internet security. Follow the link to the Orange County Register with decent security settings and this is what you get:

Notice

JavaScript is currently off.

Turn it on in browser settings to view this mobile website.

I found another article on the same subject here:

Panda Security New Study Finds that 77% of SMB Employees Using Social Networking During Working Hours

Unlike the web programmers at the OC Register, these guys seem to have mastered the fine art of presenting a simple article without demanding a license to kill your machine.

However, check this out: The first two lines of this (second) article are [emphasis mine]:

• Thirty-three percent of US SMBs have been infected by malware propagated via social networks; 23 percent have experienced identity theft on popular social networks

• Facebook takes top spot for social networking-related malware infections, followed by YouTube and Twitter

And down near the end of the article, the author says [emphasis mine]:

"Follow us at: youtube.com/PandaSecurity1 / twitter.com/Panda_Security"

[zeugma]

The number one thing you can do to protect yourself from malware is to simply switch to any browser other than microsoft’s Internet Explorer. My personal favorite is Firefox +several extensions - like adblock, and noscript.

[musicman]

bflr