"Facebook is eviiiiiiiil"

Communication through social networking has become an inseparable part of modern life online, and the most popular portals now boast tens of millions of regular users. According to a survey commissioned by Kaspersky Lab by Harris Interactive in February-March 2012, 56% of users in the U.S., Europe and Russia regularly visit social networking sites. The study involving almost 9 000 users from seven countries show that social networks are on the second place, second only to e-mail, in terms of ways of keeping in touch

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Keep in mind that sites that are associated primarily with the fun and communication, are also its dark side. 27% of respondents indicated that they received a suspicious links and attachments in messages sent via social networking sites and e-mail. Most users are aware of the risks that may be associated with social networking sites - 55% of respondents stated that is aware of this problem. Almost the same percentage of users (56%) did not publish sensitive personal data such as telephone number or home address on its pages in social networks. 63% of respondents do not add people you do not know personally, one of their friends, while 68% rule, do not click links from people I had never heard of it. These measures, although they are quite effective, do not provide protection against infection and data loss - criminals often gain access to user account and spread malicious software infected with links to all his friends.It is also worth mentioning that 47% of users regularly communicating via social networking sites using your smartphone, and 46% used for the purpose of the tablet. The low level of protection of such devices can easily lead not only to steal account information on a social network, but also to serious injury.While smartphones and tablets are becoming increasingly popular, computers are still devices, which usually is accessed social networking sites - according to Harris Interactive survey, 61% prefer them to users. This means that the antivirus software installed on those computers should provide protection against malware on social networking sites

.A full report on a study commissioned by Kaspersky Lab by Harris Interactive in February-March 2012 is available on this page (PDF).