link on a Facebook profile. The users won't know that the link has been
substituted. The actual link will look the same but link to the hacker's
web site. The other is when the hacker uses an open facebook connection
to hack into an account. I do know that facebook had many viruses over
the past two months, but I don't know details. I'm hoping someone out
there is more of an expert and can give us some additional information.
-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Karen Douse
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 3:20 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Facebook question
Hi Linda - Is this because of student laptops? Don't the students use
Facebook on their laptops when they go home? We do block Facebook for
students during the day - not because of viruses or safety, but because
they were spending too much time on
Facebook during the day. Our girls get malware from using laptops at
home - we just have to help them to remove it or reimage their machines.
It does not affect our network - only their laptops.=20
Are the rest of you seeing a rise in spyware and malware recently? Right
now our biggest problem is coming from free TV and movie sites where
students download software to watch TV and movies - it downloads spyware
that shuts off our spyware protection -
tells the user she has a virus - then tries to sell her virus protection
that will remove it. We have not seen any viruses get past our system in
ages - not from Facebook or anywhere else.
It's always something!
Karen
Karen Douse
Director of Library and Information Services
Ann Scott Carell Library
Harpeth Hall School
615-346-0116
douse@harpethhall.org
A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> on
Thursday, January 08, 2009 at 1:39 PM -0600 wrote:
>Our Director of Information Technology, Ben Liu, would like to know how
>schools who do not block Facebook prevent hacking and Facebook viruses.
>How do you keep your network secure?
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