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New Twitter Worm called Mickeyy Stay away for now from the site

by Craig Fenton
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Hi All Warriors:

In the last 48 hours Twitter has received 2 serious worms from what appears to be the same person.

This time around some accounts will have his name replace your URL and a bunch of java script codes on top of your page.

It is best to avoid opening/sending posts and messages until things calm down

It is recommended if infected to consider these steps:
mikeyy: Second Twitter Worm on the Loose

Hope this helps and be safe!
#called #mickeyy #site #stay #twitter #worm
  • Profile picture of the author Floyd Fisher
    Did you see the comments on that page?

    Am I now infected?
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    • Profile picture of the author Craig Fenton
      Hi Floyd:

      Let's hope the Warriors all have a shield against the evils of Twitter Worms!

      Have a great Monday.
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  • Profile picture of the author mediamogul
    Thanks for the heads up! Evil hacker people! GRRRR!!
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    • Profile picture of the author Craig Fenton
      Hi Mediamogul:

      My pleasure to help. I know how hard people work to build up their social networking accounts for business or personal use and now in 48 hours Twitter has been infected 2x.

      The worst part is the person's location was given yesterday. Can't this be considered criminal activity?

      Everyone have a great day!
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    • Profile picture of the author Floyd Fisher
      Originally Posted by mediamogul View Post

      Thanks for the heads up! Evil hacker people! GRRRR!!
      Read the article, I doubt he's really evil.

      He's just exploiting in order to get Twitter's attention in the hopes it gets fixed.

      Hopefully the judge takes that into account, and gives him about a billion hours of community service instead of years in jail. Maybe he should be required to manually filter spam for Paul Myers?
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  • Profile picture of the author iw433
    How will we know when the problem is fixed??
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    • Profile picture of the author garyv
      Originally Posted by iw433 View Post

      How will we know when the problem is fixed??
      I'll twitter you when it's safe.
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    • Profile picture of the author Craig Fenton
      Hi Bill:

      As of now things are normal in Twitter Land. I hope you and your account are having a great day!
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  • Profile picture of the author Les Tatum
    Thanks for the heads up on this, hopefully it will be fixed soon.
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    • Profile picture of the author Craig Fenton
      Hi Lee:

      You are welcome! I hope your account and all Warriors were free of the worm and that Twitter can fix any and all pitfalls so people feel comfortable.

      Have a great day!
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  • Profile picture of the author Asher
    If any of you got your account hit by this Twitter
    worm, it's actually quite easy to solve.

    Twitter: Removing The Mikeyy Worm/Virus

    Asher
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