Kicked Off of Facebook!

It was inevitable that eventually I would pick up a virus from a social networking site. I should know better. I work in IT! I’m more embarrassed than anything else. I received a Facebook message from a trusted friend to a link that looked like a YouTube link. Only, it wasn’t. But that wasn’t enough for me, I downloaded the application it prompted me to download! Then it borrowed my Facebook credentials and spammed all my FB friends with a similar message and link. Not once, but twice! I spent most of Sunday and Monday working to identify and eliminate the virus but ultimately what I think worked was Facebook disabling my account. When the dirty little bug attempted to us my FB account again and found I had no account the virus self distructed. Virus scan found nothing and all I found was the “marker” the virus left in my Windows folder.

Those two days my account was disabled were some of the most depressing days in recent memory. Since I don’t know the email addresses of many of my FB friends I worried I couldn’t get in touch with them. Because visiting FB had become a daily ritual, I didn’t know what to do with my spare time. And what about the embarrassment I felt about spamming all my FB friends with a virus? Deeper despair has never been felt … UNTIL “The Facebook Team” reactivated my account on Wednesday morning! I’m back people and will be writing on your walls, commenting on your photos, and LOL! Thank you Facebook team.