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Old Feb 24, 2011 | 9:33 am
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mreed911
 
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Originally Posted by dieuwer2
No, the app gains access to your list of friends and subsequently posts itself into the message stream of your friends. After that, friends of friends, friends of friends of friends, etc.

It behaves exactly like a virus.
No, it does not.

It does not automatically install itself and give itself permission on your friends' accounts. It simply posts spam email.

Trojan? Yes. Virus? No. It requires someone to click on and allow to connect/install.
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