Re:Facebook news feeds beset with malware
by snprbob86 on Wednesday November 24, 2010 @02:47PM
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> Security firm BitDefender said it had detected infections contained in the news feeds of around 20% of Facebook users
I've seen a lot of malware posts, but 1 in 5 users? I'm skeptical based on my biased sample.
> BitDefender arrived at its figures by analysing data from 14,000 Facebook users that had installed a security app, called safego, it makes for the social network site.
Well there you have it, their sample is clearly more biased. A large number of people don't install apps at all. Some people install apps indiscriminately... including both malware and "safego".
Re:Facebook news feeds beset with malware
by cmer on Wednesday November 24, 2010 @02:52PM
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We monitor many public pages (not necessarily pages of people using Defensio) and I can confirm that their numbers are in the ballpark of what we're seeing as well.
I've seen a lot of malware posts, but 1 in 5 users? I'm skeptical based on my biased sample.
> BitDefender arrived at its figures by analysing data from 14,000 Facebook users that had installed a security app, called safego, it makes for the social network site.
Well there you have it, their sample is clearly more biased. A large number of people don't install apps at all. Some people install apps indiscriminately... including both malware and "safego".