Potato2k4 Posted January 27, 2007 Report Share Posted January 27, 2007 (edited) Today, I found out that hackers are "quietly" getting into peoples pages by adding themselves as your friends but you dont know it unless you go into "EDIT FRIENDS" and you find a friend that says "this profile has been deleted" with a red X over the picture. If you see these, you need to delete them immediately. Like I said, they will not show up on your page under your friends list, unless you go into "EDIT FRIENDS".On your home page go to EDIT FRIENDS. (THEY ONLY SHOW UP UNDER EDIT FRIENDS FOR SOME REASON)Then check to see if any of them say"This Profile No Longer Exists"If there are some there, delete them. It will bring your number of friends down, but if you go and count your actual friends beforehand it will be the accurate number afterwards. Let everyone you talk to on myspace know about this." Edited January 27, 2007 by Potato2k4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Besttechie Posted January 27, 2007 Report Share Posted January 27, 2007 Thanks for the information. I found a bunch of them in my list - all deleted now. B Quote Link to post Share on other sites
robroy Posted January 27, 2007 Report Share Posted January 27, 2007 thanks, my daughter found 10 on hers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Besttechie Posted January 27, 2007 Report Share Posted January 27, 2007 Yeah, I had 10 as well.B Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hitest Posted January 27, 2007 Report Share Posted January 27, 2007 Good to know, I'll ask my 12 year old if she has a myspace account. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blim Posted January 27, 2007 Report Share Posted January 27, 2007 Thank you so much, Tater. Both kids have myspace accounts. Sent this thread to them!Liz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Potato2k4 Posted January 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2007 Glad I could help everyone =] Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sleepylazy49ers Posted December 30, 2007 Report Share Posted December 30, 2007 Good to know, I'll ask my 12 year old if she has a myspace account.Trust me she does, all girls around her age has an Myspace account, even if they never been on the Internet, it like not having a birthdate, we all have birth dates.Come to think of it, from now on, when someone add me to their Myspace, I'm going to delete them unless I know who they are. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Karol Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 Thanks, really helpful. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rich Posted May 29, 2008 Report Share Posted May 29, 2008 Where did you hear about this from?The reason I ask is because it is my understanding that these are profiles that have been deleted for any number of reasons (spam, inactive, or a friend who deleted their account) and they dont pose a threat to you or your system. I believe the reason they dont get removed from your list and show up as a red X is because myspace does not do regular database clean ups and there are more and more spam profiles daily and even hourly.M477h3w700142y has a great point, if you don't know the person then why do you want to add them as a friend? I know I get ALOT of the stupid X rated spam accounts i just click the little spam button and they disappear... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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