The active iphone family includes the iphone 3g, iphone 3gs, iphone 4, and iphone 4s. these phones are supported on the big cellular networks of at&t, verizon, and sprint as well as others. the active android family is larger because android is a linux-based software operating system (os) for mobile devices including smartphones and tablet computers. the android os is maintained by google and the open handset alliance. the current android os named gingerbread runs on a wide variety of cell phones and other devices.
COMMENTARY | When you are browsing Facebook, your attention may be drawn to a message posted by one of your friends that looks something like the following:’OMG! My profile has been viewed 97 times just today and I can see that I have quite few observers..Big thanks to the Facebook team for finally giving us something to check our profile views with!check it out’By reviewing the message, users might think that the people behind Facebook have finally come up with something that allows their users to see who have been viewing their profile. But do not be tricked by this message even though it mentions the Facebook team. Clicking on the link doesn’t do immediate harm to your computer or other device, because due to Facebook’s security on all applications, users must allow the application to have permission to have access to their profile. Once giving that permission, the trouble can begin. The url to the application that is included in the above generic ‘auto generated’ message is .When users click on that link, a new tab appears in your browser or a new window appears (depending on your browser settings) with a window within Facebook giving a description of the app and a heading reading ‘Who’s Viewing Your Facebook Profile’ and a sub-heading reading ‘This helps you to see who views your profile, and makes it easier to see which photo they viewed.’ It provides an image that this application is coming from Facebook, giving a few more descriptions of the application and encourages users to go further by clicking on the button to ‘Continue To App.’Once users continue, they are taken through two screens within that same tab or window. First, the app title screen called ‘Profile Viewer’ with a button to take users to the app. The second screen is the final safe guard before users can start to cause harm to their devices. It is a screen stating ‘Profile Viewer would also like permission to: ‘Post to Facebook as me – profile viewer may post status messages, notes, photos, and videos on your behalf’ At this point, if users go past this barrier, the generic auto generated message seen above is now posted on your wall or timeline. You may not see it on your wall, but your friends will see it on their wall, with the link ‘looking’ like you posted a message about an exciting new application you found. This is where the trap continues in iPhone Repairs an ongoing cycle and users are used as innocent pawns by the creators of the malicious software application being spread on Facebook.After users gave ‘Profile Viewer’ permission to be connected to their Facebook profile, users are then taken to the ‘final step’ to receive the application. WIthin the same tab or window that opened once clicking on the link, you appear to be within the Facebook Profile Viewer app. But there is a window within that application with an image of a man looking at you through a magnifying glass. Next to that image is where the real problem lies. Six url links are provided, requiring users to ‘take a test to prove you are not a spam bot.’ Generally among the links are 3 sites to get auto insurance quotes, one link to provide a survey on a major retail department store chain, one link for a chance to win an accessory for a particular video game system, and the other link for a chance to win a $100 voucher for a major electronics & appliance retail store.The link to the survey might bring up a red flag on a user’s computer if that user has an anti-virus software on it. For the voucher or video game accessory, if users click on either link, a new tab or window appears asking the user to submit their cellular phone number to receive a text message with a code. BEWARE! Previous victims of this malicious application have complained that they have received a virus on their cellular devices after receiving that text message. And any users that do not have an anti-virus program on their computers, or choose to ignore any warnings that appear once clicking on the link for the survey, will be prone to viruses or malicious software placed on their computers.Users have to complete one of the ‘tests’ to receive the unlock code to get this apparent ‘Facebook Profile Viewer’ application. It is unaware at this time on how much the security team at Facebook are aware of this issue. Whether before or after clicking on the url and going to the a pp, there is the standard ‘Report/Contact This App’ link provided by Facebook at the bottom of the page or just underneath the application window. Clicking on that link will allow users to report the app to Facebook as Spam, or as other malicious content, as well as give users the ability to remove and block the application if they had given permission to it. This appears to be the minimal way to notify Facebook of this illicit activity. Before posting this particular article, this author has already taken several attempts to get the word out, not only with Facebook by posting a comment within their most recent thread on their Facebook Security page, but also with other news media outlets both online and with local news.In closing, this author suggests to any users that have already fallen victim to this malicious threat and allowed permission to the application to do the following:1.) First, go to the app by clicking on the link, and cut & paste the url or link and save it for a few moments. If you had accepted the app and given permission to it, go back to your time line and delete the auto generated generic message that appears there. This will help stop the ongoing cycle and protect your friends and family from falling victim to the same trap. Because that message appears as if you yourself posted it to your wall.2.) When the app window appears, whether you gave it permission or not, look for the ‘Report/Contact This App’ link below, and report it to Facebook as Spam. If you gave it permission, remove and block it.3.) Finally, take that url to the application, and post it in a message of your own creation on your wall warning others not to accept the app or give it permission to their profile, and to report the app to Facebook. Or, please feel free to share this article on your wall on Facebook, to help spread the word about this malicious software. We should all do our part to prevent our friends, family, and other Facebook users from falling victim to this malicious software. In recent years, social networking sites like Facebook as well as others, have become a major source for sharing news and information world wide, also becoming a powerful tool in helping to make a difference in the world and its communities with important topics. Because of very recent actions taken with social networking, major companies have reversed planned decisions that angered their customers who took to social networking sites to make their voices heard. It even got a certain ‘Golden Girl’ allowed to host a certain late night television show. Social networking is very powerful in this day and age. So let’s use it again to help protect our friends and family.
Some say pagers have been set aside by mobile phones, but that is hardly a fact. in some cases, pagers work even better than mobile phones, particularly because mobile phones need stable network coverage to be able to receive and make calls and send messages. in some cases, cellular coverage may be weak to non-existent, or are otherwise prohibited due to possible interference with sensitive medical equipments. pagers, on the other hand, operate in congested-free networks, thus the message are sure to be delivered the soonest possible time.