Most Facebook Users Blindly Click Malware Links
A whopping 97 percents of people surveyed by BitDefender click on links shared on social networks without checking them for malware.
Most people click on malware links without thinking twice, at least on social networks.
A survey by security firm BitDefender found that 97 percent of respondents on Facebook and Twitter click on links without checking for malware.
BitDefender determined this by creating test profiles on Facebook and Twitter, building up networks of friends totaling about 1,900 and then sending them all three links leading to malware. Indeed, 97 percent of these contacts admitted to clicking the bad links.
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