Twitter virus

Twitter Internet service increasingly more popular which lets news text of 140 characters per person until share to sign "follow".

One of the attractions of Twitter is that you can include links to websites - news, videos, information - in your Twitter messages. But this popularity means that hackers attractive Twitter, Twitter are powerful source of computer viruses.

Importance

Twitter is used by more than 14 million people in the United States only.

It is partly popular, because it easy to share interesting links and news sites. With so many people using the service a computer virus could spread easily, hundreds of thousands of computers, infect post throughout the network only by people by clicking on a fake link in a Twitter.

Types of viruses Twitter

There are three types of Twitter "Virus": spam, phishing and viruses real attacks.

Twitter spam unwanted advertising messages of Twitter posts is widespread and are easy to identify.



Twitter phishing attacks are Twitter posts who claim by your bank, credit card companies or other site account. You that you where attract to a fake Web site prompts give personal information, like passwords, credit card or bank account numbers.



Twitter virus make Twitter to a Web site (by much promising hot gossip, new celebrities or funny videos) attract will automatically download a computer program that send malicious acts as clearly use f wirdDateien, e-Mail messages to your contacts or display unwanted Twitter updates.

Prevention solutions

> can prevent Twitter spam by 'unfollowing' fault Twitter account.



Twitter and Twitter, recognize more Difdepuis virus attacks of phishing are. Webllinks Twitter posts are sometimes automatically insert links within the limit of 140 characters for Twitter. These links look nonsense characters (such as http://cot.ag/9W3sGC), it's hard to say when you arrive to a legitimate Web site, a phishing or virus site, if you press.



The best solution is to be careful. Follow links in Twitter not determine if you don't know the sender. And if you know the sender and the post seems character, be your also careful - Twitter account was hit by a virus. Respond in case of doubt as to the sender, asking whether it is legitimate to.