I'm asking this because my cousin told me today that when she got home her computer had crashed. When she went to get it fixed the guy said it was probably because she had a myspace.
i don't see how a myspace could crash a computer so please tell me what you think.
2006-10-12 11:21:34 · 5 answers · asked by wuteverittakes 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
It can't it's just a website and myspace has to be responsible because they're a big business now. Websites can set up some nasty cookies and scripts but they're easy to get rid of and don't do much.
P2P software can cause you to get a virus but the only one i've ever seen that has a virus contained in the software is KaZaa which uses a trojan variant, Run I Hate Spyware by Sunbelt and see KaZaa raise all kinds of alarms. LimeWire does not contain viruses as such in itself but getting a virus from someone ON a p2p is very possible because some people will hide viruses within the file you're downloading. You can get rid if these with McAffe or Norton just keep it up to date as most all new viruses are copies of old ones. Adware and Spyware will cause your system's speed to drop faster than Paris Hilton's thong.
There was a virus spread through myspace called the Myspace Virus back in July she may have had that. Bad Hackers (there are good and bad hackers) attacked MySpace because of it's popularity .
That might be what the guy was talking about.
2006-10-12 13:17:45 · answer #1 · answered by sprydle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can cause it to crash. It is because people are putting pictures, music, and all that other stuff onto their pages and it comes from their infected computers. Once you look at a page with this person's infected stuff, it is loaded into your computer.
2006-10-12 11:31:04 · answer #2 · answered by GeniusDUH 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are two articles that reference the MYMalware from My Space which is not true yes My Space can infect you through Malware and may affect your PC here are some of the articles in question.
2006-10-12 11:32:23 · answer #3 · answered by A.M. Gonzales 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no myspace will not crach a pc it may have been down to your friend downloading from limewire from files from limewire have virus/ trojans in them not just limewire all p2p sharing network software does
now your friend had to pay out to have the pc fixed
2006-10-12 11:25:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. not possible.
2006-10-12 11:25:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋