The New Flu

The computer has not only helped us stay in touch with those that are far away but it has also helped us to stay away from those that are near and dear to our hearts while they are carrying a nasty virus called the flu. Although most people think they are safe from that by talking with these fallen friends via face book some 120 million users have been stricken by the newest in a series of face book spread viruses. This virus being referred to as koobface is spread to people via their friends list. The virus makes not of the friends and sends them an email notification as most normally get when someone has written on their wall or tagged a photo of them. Which is essentially what notification states, however it then prompts the user to take the time to install the latest version of any number of video programs to allow this notification to come through. Then during this process it infects the person whom the notification was sent to, causing a wider spread of the virus because it now has a new friends list to attack. So between the vast numbers of friends some people collect and the six degrees of separation theory it is quite possible to have the virus working its way to a computer near you. This all happens ironically as the beginning of the actual flu season begins to hit and people prepare to venture out to get their flu shots only if where that simple to get a simple injection for your computer or face book page and have all the troubles of online viruses go away.