Twitter Spam Reminds Users To Avoid Random Links!
June 21, 2010 Computer Safety Tip
The latest news which has brought our attention is the factor that there is a new Twitter problem going around. This time 
Twitter accounts have been attacked and different messages have been sent to random people. These messages may contain malicious links which lead users to malicious PDF exploits. This may be seen as yet another reason for everyone to be seriously aware of the links that they click on.
Some of these spam messages may contain the following messages:
“Wow, A marvelous Product”
“Wow, An incredible Product”
Wow, A shocking Discovery
“Watch This”
“I Just Can’t Believe This”
“Wow, A stunning Product”
“Wow, A Revolutionary Product”
“Wow, A fascinating Site”
All Twitter users need to be aware of the factor that if you click on this link you will either be directed to a certain webpage which promotes a certain movie service or alternatively you will get redirected to a very malicious webpage where there is a specially created PDF file which will try and exploit a variety of vulnerabilities which exist within the PDF Readers JavaScript Engine. This will all be done in order to execute a dangerous code onto the user’s computer system.
This may be seen as a warning to Twitter users as well as to all computer users worldwide, to be aware of clicking on links. It is going to be within your best interest to avoid any random links from strangers due to the factor that these random links may actually contain some not so random computer infections which will infect your computer and make your computer life a living hell.
