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You have been hacked! Why you shouldn’t click on just any link on social media

Watch out for malware [Photo: Courtesy]

I’m sure you have noticed a certain trend on Facebook lately. Your friend sliding in your DM with a link which seems to have weird information about you, you are prompted to click on the link.

A lot of times those links are things like; "You won't believe what happened next...", "I have found a video of you on line (or on Facebook)! Click here to see it!", "So and so is giving away free iPhones if you hurry", etc...

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