Do 1 In 5 Facebook News Feed Links Still Have Viruses?

We question whether Check Point Software Technologies latest infographic uses the [most current information][1], as the rendering states that one in five links posted to Facebook's news feed lead to viruses.

Of course, [the vendor][2] earns its keep when people worry about security compromises, but the 20 percent figure sounds like a statistic that predates the site's use of several systems to detect and block posts of web addresses leading to security problems.

Nonetheless, users of the site do tend to click on links without thinking twice before doing so, making Facebook a ripe environment for [digital maladies][3] to flourish. With that in mind, check out the infographic below and let us know what you think in the comments section. .

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[1]: http://www.allfacebook.com/facebook-upgrades-2011-12
[2]: http://www.checkpoint.com/
[3]: http://www.allfacebook.com/facebook-privacy-security-2011-11
[4]: http://www.allfacebook.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/zonealarm.jpg (zonealarm)
[5]: http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zQy9RSjO6uKoYbZqN3qFoxsfiAY/0/di
[6]: http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zQy9RSjO6uKoYbZqN3qFoxsfiAY/0/da
[7]: http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zQy9RSjO6uKoYbZqN3qFoxsfiAY/1/di
[8]: http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zQy9RSjO6uKoYbZqN3qFoxsfiAY/1/da
[9]: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/allfacebook?d=pnQdOprp5To
[10]: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/allfacebook?a=-lMe71l_ZhE:IWmSJfrwSiU:pnQdOprp5To
[11]: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/allfacebook?d=qj6IDK7rITs
[12]: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/allfacebook?a=-lMe71l_ZhE:IWmSJfrwSiU:qj6IDK7rITs
[13]: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/allfacebook?i=-lMe71l_ZhE:IWmSJfrwSiU:gIN9vFwOqvQ
[14]: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/allfacebook?a=-lMe71l_ZhE:IWmSJfrwSiU:gIN9vFwOqvQ
[15]: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/allfacebook/~4/-lMe71l_ZhE

URL: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/allfacebook/~3/-lMe71l_ZhE/facebook-viruses-2012-01