I use it to talk to family over in Australia and a few friends across the U.S. I have never had any problems. But, I don't play any of those weird games and other stuff they have on there. IE: Mafia Wars, Aquarium, etc... If I remember correctly, you have to give out quite a bit of your personal information to play some of those games. Maybe this was the cause? Or maybe the virus/malware came from somewhere else and they just happen to realize it while on FB one day?