Could a game request be a spam in Facebook? Could it be a virus attack in my notification?

[berrie]

I received a game request from a FB friend. However, when I asked the friend whether he has indeed sent the request, he did not answer me. Now I am wondering whether the game request is a spam. That means, nobody has actually sent request to me, it just appears in my notification. Is it possible?

[flipflopchick]

ya be careful. just recently i clicked on something off of facebook and got antivirus 360 and it messed up my whole computer and took me a couple days to have it removed

[Dunbar Pappy]

Any request from anyone in a social network should automatically be suspect.
These 'requests' will notify (with a very convincing pop-up) that you need to update your flash player, or something you may normally use, to see the video (or play the game, etc.) and downloads a virus instead.
Always get updates from reputable sites, using normal channels & connection URL's.

[Closed]

Could be a virus, or could be a spam
Virus attacks through e-mail are pretty common these days.....
My answer is to not open the e-mail until your friend gives you a yes about wanting a new game

If you still want to open it...
be my guest, but im wont be hold responsible for it

there should be an e-mail scanner
you should try and see if you can find and download it

[Rommel Olido]

Yes this often happens. Maybe that requests has a virus or spyware attachments. Beware of that.