WTF!!! How does this happen?
Does this mean I'm Twitter vulnerable? I got the virus from my daughter's friend. Her Twitter feed sent me a message yesterday that said, "OMG, I'm laughing at these pics of you (followed by a link)". Last year, the same thing happened and I totally fell for it and tried clicking on the link. I must have tried three or four times, then I started to get the messages from my followers that someone had hacked my account. I changed my password and did what I had to and proceeded on. Problem solved.
This time, I knew it was a virus and did not click on the link. I ignored it. Was that my mistake? Then last night, I got another message from my daughter's friend that said, "Someone is saying terrible things about you (followed by a link)". Even though I didn't click the link this time, my followers still got the virus. WTF??? How annoying. I have since deleted all the messages, changed my password, but I want to know how it got into my account. Now I'm a Twitter hazard, since it's happened twice.
How do I protect against this happening again? I mean, I use my Twitter for business and today one of my favorite clients emailed me and asked me personally if I knew who it was that was saying bad things about her. I immediately explained to her that it was a virus and that I was sorry for the inconvenience, but that can't be good for business.
Any advice? I'm so pissed.
That's odd. No idea how your account got hacked if you didn't click on the links.
ReplyDeleteI did get the message from you in my Twitter. Two in fact. I didn't click because I got the same thing a moth ago. Plus who would be saying bad things about ME?
ReplyDeleteI don't know if you twit from a phone or a PC so I am not sure this would work on a phone but
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ReplyDeleteI know not of the "Twitter" of which you speak.
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