Oh yeah.. one other thing. Your friend likely has a virus or malware that is sending out that malicious link to people on his/her friends list. I have several of my "friends" that have this virus/malware right now. Both you and your friend need to run a litany of malware scans on your computers to clear up any malware on them. Besides your normal antivirus, also download and run http://www.MalwareBytes.com and a-Squared Free http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/ ... both of them are free and very good at finding things that your antivirus might miss.
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