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Users of the popular MySpace website have been warned by computer experts that viruses linked to the interactive site, which boasts more than one million regular users, are in circulation.

Experts believe that hackers have hit the hugely popular site and say the viruses in circulation can change settings, delete files, secretly track users' movements online and even damage computers.

They believe that the hackers have hidden dangerous software on the site which means that computers can be attacked unaware to users while they are just viewing pages.

"There is a very real threat to users of MySpace, and in fact we have already seen several MySpace specific viruses emerge," Graham Cluley of computer security company Sophos told the Standard Lite newspaper.

*logs out of mySpace*

*logs out of mySpace*
*Does not use Myspace*

It's difficult to tell what is a hoax and what is real. Better to be safe than sorry, I guess....

you don't need to run away from myspace to avoid your account getting hacked. it's been happening because there are links in some bulletins that say something like "pictures of me and my girlfriend on our boat ride this morning" and it leads to a fake myspace login page....your login information gets sent to the hacker part of their hacking involves reposting that bulletin to get more people's information.

There was an alert a few days ago, warning about an IE bug, which was causing images not to show up in profiles. It was recommened that users download a new program from MS, which was supposed to eradicate the bug. I made the suggested download, but I'm still not able to load up my page, but I'm able to view other profile pages just fine. I just did a virus scan, which didn't pick up anything, and I've sent an e-mail to tech support to see if they can help...

I only send or read messages from people that I had emailed other wise I just ignore them.

myspace has been down since I got up too :grr:

What about those who looks at a MySpace.com page, but has no account with them? Do they get infected, too?