<p>I've blogged once or twice on Social Media before, and I always preface my post with "I am NOT a social media expert."&nbsp;&nbsp; Today, I proved it.</p> <p>The day started with an email from a friend on Facebook that read "Hello - check out Best.at."&nbsp; Thinking something great had happened for this friend, I followed the link and logged into Facebook.&nbsp; Nothing happened - or so I thought.&nbsp;&nbsp; The next thing I knew, I was seeing messages go out to MY Facebook Friends with a similar message.&nbsp; Oh No - a worm!</p> <p>Now,&nbsp; realizing how dumb I was to fall for this scam,&nbsp; I had to try to fix it. </p> <h3>Step 1.&nbsp; Warn others! </h3> <p>Using Facebook and Twitter I immediately let my friends know there was a problem so it did not happen to them too.</p> <p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=726725235&amp;ref=mf"><img alt="Joan Koerber-Walker" src="http://profile.ak.facebook.com/v226/80/106/q726725235_4102.jpg" align="left"></a><a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=726725235&amp;ref=mf">Joan Koerber-Walker</a> If you get a Facebook message from me or anyone else that reads _____.at, Don't Open it. It is not from me. It's a worm. I got one and it sent a message to my friends on Facebook!  <h3>Step 2.&nbsp; Clean up&nbsp; your mess!</h3> <p>Figure out how to fix your mistake.&nbsp; Do some home work, call on experts, fix the problem so it does not keep happening.</p> <h3>Step 3.&nbsp; Help others fix the problem!</h3> <p>Since I started this mess on Facebook, I used Facebook to send out the fix:</p> <p><a></a><a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=726725235&amp;ref=mf"><img alt="Joan Koerber-Walker" src="http://profile.ak.facebook.com/v226/80/106/q726725235_4102.jpg" align="left"></a>  <p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=726725235&amp;ref=mf">Joan Koerber-Walker</a>&nbsp; If you visit a website - "______.at" and it starts sending messages to your friend list on Facebook here is what you should do:  <blockquote> <p>1. Immediately change your FB password.  <p>2. Run a virus scan on your computer - just in case.  <p>3. Post a message like this one on FB, Twitter etc,. telling folks not to open a website at "____.at" and if you do how to fix it.  <p>4. Apologize, like I am doing now, for being dumb enough to do it.</p></blockquote> <p><font color="#555555">While catching my mistake, cleaning up my mess, and helping others with the problem, I have heard from lots of my Facebook friends thanking me for letting them know before they got hacked .&nbsp; Others said "thanks for sharing the fix."&nbsp; Many shared similar experiences or stories of mistakes they had made and how things turned out when they were proactive about fixing them.</font>  <h3>So I learned a few lessons today - </h3> <blockquote> <p><font color="#555555">1.&nbsp; NEVER open a website ending in .AT or sign into Facebook or other sites unless I am SURE I know what they are.</font>  <p><font color="#555555">2.&nbsp; Everyone makes mistakes.&nbsp; What matters is what you do next.</font></p></blockquote> <p><font color="#555555">Thanks for checking in.&nbsp;&nbsp; Stay tuned...</font>  <blockquote> <p>Joan Koerber-Walker</p></blockquote> <div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:f1eeaa64-ac49-4bba-a87b-27b8b8b8334a" style="display:inline;margin:0;padding:0;">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/joan%20koerber-walker" rel="tag">joan koerber-walker</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/corepurpose" rel="tag">corepurpose</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Facebook" rel="tag">Facebook</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Twitter%20tips" rel="tag">Twitter tips</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/making%20mistakes" rel="tag">making mistakes</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/fixing%20mistakes" rel="tag">fixing mistakes</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/.at%20worm" rel="tag">.at worm</a></div>