Apparently people are getting sent links from friends and they link to an infected file. Been happening for a while now.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/15501..._a_zombie.html
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/tech...ng-attack.html
This one is about phishing...where you go to a phony site and someone steals your password and other information you entered thinking it was the real site
Nobody on the internet should be unprotected.