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Tonight Twitter users continue to be under attack by a nasty phisher virus program. We’re getting the word out on “the fix.” An added bonus is to discover how to clean out your DM files. Get to know the developer of the application program so you are comfortable that it’s cool to use it in the first place!

A phisher virus is a program that gathers or “fishes” for information. Yesterday some yet unknown jerk unleashed one of these on Twitter users getting access to people’s accounts. There is a simple fix.

The first step for Twitter users is to change their password. The second step is a mult-phase process which is also fairly easy to do, even for novices. There’s also a wonderful “byproduct.” You can get rid of all your Direct Messages (DMs) cluttering up your DM page and slowing your page loads.

Listen to program developer, Damon Cortesi, of DM Whacker share his Twitter tool. This is one Twitter application tool you’ll want to use over and over again.

NEWS FLASH! Damon just activated a new feature which allows you to delete DMs with a specific text! This is handy for deleting DMs sent by a phisher. Just insert the text of the nasty phisher DM messages and it will take all those out for you - leaving others untouched. (Under Advanced Features - Text Matching) Thanks for your quick and brilliant work Damon!

Helpful links mentioned in this podcast include:
www.twitter.com/dacort
www.tinyurl.com/deleteDMs
www.tweetake.com
http://dcortesi.com/tools/dm-deleter/

Arleen Anderson signing off! Tweet me www.twitter.com/AlohaArleen