Not necessarily true. Facebook doesn't copy your address book unless you link to it to find friends. It is not automatic. But, there are advertisers on Fb that do engage in mining and they will work ways to plant a virus like program, called a Trojan horse, that will let someone else take over your computer and send e-mails. One of these that is running right now is the Secret Crush link. It gives you a message that there is someone with a secret crush and says "Find out how," and all it takes is for you to click on it. Most games or applications (which is what this is posing as) require you to allow access to your private data. If you refuse you can't use the application or play the game. Most of the games that have a name of Something "Ville" are also data mining operations in disguise. Facebook is doing what it can to get the vendors to change that or be shut down. I found out about it because I inadvertently tried one of the games and the horses showed up on the next scan (fortunately, the next morning) so I got rid of them and ruled that there will be no applications or games for me. One clue that I didn't know about is some of the games Trojan Horses don't want to work with Vista or Windows 7 so the Windows program automatically switches to "Compatibility Mode" to run it. The regular game and FB work in either of those programs as well as XP. So, there is no need to go compatible. If anyone gets a Trojan horse virus contact me and I'll tell you how to get rid of it. It is rather easy, once you discover the steps to follow. It is good to check your Facebook account, security and privacy settings regularly to make sure nothing is changed from what you want. Tracing Orson Burgess and Elizabeth O'Bolger, of the Finger Lakes Region in New York; Cracio Nudo and Angela Antoinetta of Italy and New York, their descendants and posterity. ANTIONETTA, BURGESS, CHAFFEE, CLARK, FELTON, HUGHES, MACK, METCALF, MCMAHON, MORRIS, NUDO, O'BOLGER, SLAYTON, STANGA, TENNEY, TROY, WATKINS, WHITNEY; from England, Ireland, Italy and New England. Gerald Eberwein PO Box 605 Naco AZ 85620-0605 (520) 432-4631 > NacoGerry@hughes.net EN -----Original Message----- From: ny-irish-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ny-irish-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Pat Connors Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 13:05 To: ny-irish@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NY-IRISH] ADMIN MESSAGE: Cyberscams, the three most common That's were my Address Book was compromised. When you sign up for Facebook, they don't tell you but they automatically copy your Address Book. About six or so months ago, I got up one day and there they were...those spam emails posted to most of the lists I belong to (many) and they looked like they came from my computer. It was scarey and embarrassing. I then read about how security on Facebook isn't that great. I got off it and things are now better. But, someone out there has my Address Book and I worry, I'll wake up some morning and turn on my computer and see those spam emails with my email address. Thanks Pat. This information is very helpful. Did not hear about any of > this before. > I have had concerns about Facebook. > > -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com ====NY-Irish Mailing List==== Don't forget to check out the NY-Irish mailing list website. Also, check/add your NY-Irish surnames on the Surname Registry: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYIrishList/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NY-IRISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message