Deja Vu!?!? What the hell happened to Irreplaceable!? I mean, it is still ‘06. isn’t it?

irreplaceable is garbage i dont know why yall like that corny song.

Since I’m a Texas representa my list would be a little different. Our urban radio stations out played the mess out of these songs right here…

1. Ne-Yo…..”So Sick”
2. Chris Brown…..”Say Goodbye” (or just about anything by Chris Brown
3. Kelis…..”Bossy”
4. Toya……”Torn”
5. Mary……”Be Without You”
6. Shawnna…..”Gettin Some”
7. T.I…….”What You Know”
8. Cassie….”Me & U”
9. Chamillionaire….”Ridin Dirty”
10. Cherish…..”Do It To It”

De Ja Vu was a HUGE radio hit, you either loved it or hated it. And I personally loved it, it is my fave song of the year.
“It’s Going Down” and “What U know” were also really huge, this list is on point.

Here is my list of the top 10, like it or not.
#1 “De ja Vu” Beyonce
#2 “Be Without You” Mary J
#3 “What You Know” TI
#4 “My Love” Justin Timberlake
#5 “It’s Going Down” Yung Joc
#6 “Shoulder Lean” Yung Dro
#7 “Sexyback” Justin Timberlake
#8 “Do it To It” Cherish
#9 “Gimme That” Chris Brown
#10 Riding Dirty” Chamillionaire

Lupe was what it was for me this year.

yall forgot about lean wit it rock wit it & gettin some head

It’s not about songs u liked or not, but about what WAS PLAYED THE MOST! Lawd ppl, read the purpose of the list first. I’m from NY and as I said “Hips Don’t Lie”, “Buttons”, “Be Without You”, “bossy” were all over the charts from the time they came out (plus many of the ones Brian already mentioned).

Cassie - Me & You
LeToya - Torn
Mary - Be Without You

Repping ladies ONLY.

WTF Deja Voo-Diarrhea doing on the list??? Hell Naw!!! How much concrete loop got paid to list that foolish nonsense. Shit didn’t you hear the video was a disaster. Reshoot! Reshoot! Deja Voo-Diarrhea was CIL recycled garbage. Beyonce thought the world loved her. Wrong. Beyonce needs to sit her tired, aggrevating ass down once and for all!

THIS IS BRIANS LIST SO WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP POSTING (YALL FOR GOT THIS SONG OR THAT SONG) HE CLEARLY SAIDS LET ME KNOW WHOS ARE YOUR LIST….

READ READ READ READ SOMETIMES

Chris Brown sucks donkey balls

rick ross- hustlin’????

My List for 2006:

1. Torn (Letoya Luckett) That song was hot, had a good ring to it, very memorable.

2. Cryin- (MJB) Loved that song.

3. Touch It remix- (Busta Ryhmes and friends) LOVed IT!

4. Black Sweat (Prince) Hot video!

5. Bossy (Kelis) The true hottest chick in the game

6.Sexy Back (Justin Timberlake) Love him, he is Sexy

7. Be Without You (MJB)- Love her and Terrence in that vid.

8. Irreplaceable- (Beyonce)- Miss Bootylicious.

9. What You Know- TI- The King HOMMIE!

10. Promise- (Ciara) Queen of Crunk and B

This was my list for 2006, can’t wait for 2007! The list mentioned wasn’t accurate IMO, but…hey Angel.La and Brian them know better than me (smile)

@#72 how can akon be an ilegal alien, when he was born in america( St. Louis, Missouri)???? goodness gracious

I think the list and all the added ones in comments are on point. Cept remy ma. She knows she’s a mess.. And I woulda added showstopper and aint no other man. Cuz I know I heard the mess outta them.I think 06 has been one of the best years for music. EVERYONE came back this year. Its gonna take a lot for 07 to compare.

I have no qualms with Jayonce but I am sick and tired of the both of them monopolizing THE THREE Urban Radio Stations in Philly……It feels like Chinese Torture….First, you would hear a song by Jay-Z, then a song by Beyonce, AND then a song with BOTH of THEM TOGETHER!! Excuse me while I go to the bathroom and stab myself in the neck with a pencil!

Oh yeah, Honorable metions:

Kanye West- Both Songs Goldigger andthe one wit the Baywatch chick and Nia Long- TOOOO HOOOT. Love Kanye!

Aint No other Man- Christina Aguilera

Check On It-Beyonce

That song wit Keisha Cole- ” Oh Love! Never new what I was missin, tilll I fooouwouwou-ouwouwo-ouwowu-ouowuouowouwnd You!”- Loved that, that was a Hit yall!! Yall forgot about Keisha!

I loved that song also, with LL Cool J and J-Lo I thought it was great- “YOU Got, You Got, You Got, You Got, what it takes to make me leave my MAN!!!”

Man, 2006 was a bangin year!

Man all of those songs was the stuff u heard…..that Beyonce with Deja Vu kick it when i heard it the first time on CL…..TI got with the hit single what u kno bout that…….lol….but Cassie with looks you dont really need talent…lol

VERY good list. one thing, i would have replaced torn with bossy. bossy BLEW UP, everyone was eating that up for the longest time..

The only songs that I liked from that list were Kelis’ “Bossy” and T.I. “What You Know”, and I kind of liked Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy” as well.

Initially, I liked “Promise” by Ciara, also, but now I’m getting sick of it.

The others songs weren’t that great to me, but it is true that they were played to near death on the radio and on the music TV networks.

Chamillionaire is so ugly, to the point he is sexy as hell. I love his mouth for some reason. And the way he smile.

These def shud’ve been on the list IMO

Shakira - Hips don’t lie
Beyonce - Irreplaceable
Keisha Cole - Love
Neyo - So Sick

Ya’ll must be nuts “De Ja Vu” cranks! It’s catchy ass hell and you can shake ya ass to it, whats the problem.

Ok, So I Finally Saw Dreamgirls… And SOHH Soulful Top 5

Yesterday I went to the “Dreamgirls” Roadshow. You know the one where you pay $25 for this Broadway theater effect. The $25 includes a 50 page color booklet, no previews, an authentic movie poster and some other random swag.

I’ll just break down what I thought of people’s performances.

- Eddie Murphy: Amazing.

- Jamie Fox: Good job

- Anika Noni Rose: My favorite in the movie. She deserves more praises.

- Jennifer Hudson: Great voice, not an actress. She steals her scenes because the movie was written to glorify that role. Amongst the ensemble cast she was just OK. Great voice, but playing the role of an angry black woman doesn’t garner the acclaim she is getting. And I don’t begrudge her any success, but I expected a whole lot more based on her hype.

Beyonce: Not as bad as they say. She nails the essence of Diana Ross. Nails it. Not Sasha, not Beyonce but Diana. And dammit if pretty is a talent, the she got it…. hands down.

The other members of the cast did their thing as well. But to all those that are in love with J. Hud and throwing daggers at Bey need to slow their roll and think about it first. Both Jennifer and Beyonce are playing themselves essentially. So if you see this film don’t let your heartstrings for the character or the characters triumph keep you from seeing that everyone carried their weight and Bey is far from just a pretty extra.

how is “BALLLLIIINNNNN” not at least an honorable mention?

FABO!!!!!

datz fuck up, u could have said sum nice it chritmas time. Brain u be getin on my nerves wif these cassie comments, u n yo gay azz..

FUCK CL

You did a great job Brian, and I like how you added the download links. I think Smack That and Akon’s other one with Snoop should be somewhere on there though, because literally, every time I turn on the radio, one of those songs is either on, or about to come on within the next 3 songs, lol….Happy Holidays Everybody!

KEYSHIA COLE’S LOVE IS DEF A TOP 5 DONT FORGET ABOUT THAT DARN SO SICK BY NEYO(I GOT SICK OF IT LOL)

ya’ll so funny man…
but reading through the posts yeah i forgot about

cherish do it to it they played the hell outta them

and shoulder lean been out since 2005 if you were blessed enough to know that lmao

but my input is yeah the list didnt hit my interests except for ti, but its just a list

itll be more lists

but cassie, neyo, mariah carey, joc, cherish, nelly furtado, beyonce (on my radio stations they played the hell outta those artists)

do it do it do it they know the world be rocking to it to it so do it do it

and dfb lean with it….crossed over from 2005 into 2006….

What some of you are failing to realize is that these are not personal lists of your favorites but overall popular songs. Mary J. should have been on it and ne-yo, and jim jones definiyely should have got an honorable mention since jay z did, and lets remember keyshia cole too and deja vu wasnt even that big it was just a lot of controversy around the video! O and Bossy even tho her album flopped!

yeah that young joc was the joint

http://www.supasneaky.com

Were are Rihanna’s hits? They were big hits all over the world!

im glad neyo abusive ass wasnt on the list but i do agree that sumptin of keyshia cole shud have made the list

you got it down pack ma. I really can’t think of any other songs that need to be up there

do it to it! by- cherish

on it- by purpple ribbon

Im glad Letoya Luckett, Lupe Fiasco, and Cassie made the list.. Even though Cassie is hot garbage now, that song was HOT! I like the list!

WAT ABOUT NE-YO, CHRIS BROWN, SEAN PAUL, KEYSHIA COLE????????? THA SONGS PEOPLE ACTUALLY KARED ABOUT!!! LETS FACE IT PEOPLE…DEJA VU WAS A PEICE OF SHIT THAT FOOLED ALL OF US…THEY HAD US THINKIN HER FIRST SINGLE WAS GONNA BE OFF THA FUCKIN WALL AND THEY GIVE US THAT MESS…NOT ONLY DID THE SONG SUCK BUT THE VIDEO DID TOO!! AND WAT IS UP WIT CASSIE!!! NO ONE CAN TRULY SAY DAT SHE CAN SING OR DANCE…WATS ALL DAT RANDOM MESS SHE BE DOIN IN HER VIDEO?? DA ONLY REASON HER ALBUM WAS SO SUCCESSFUL WAS CUZZ GUYS WANTED TA JACK OFF TO HER PICTURES INSIDE!!!! AND WE ALL KNO DAMN WELL NELLY FURTARDO COULDNT HOLD A NOTE FOR DA WORLD. WITHOUT TIMBLAND SHE WOULD BE NOTHING…N.O.T.H.I.N.G.!! AT FIRST SHES SOME BOHEMIAN CHILD WHO WAS DOIN HER THANG CUZZ IT WAS WHO SHE WAS……NOW SHES SOME WHITE CHICK TRYNA BE GANGSTA AND GIVE HERSELF A REP IN DA BLACK COMMUNITY!! AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHY SOME OF YOU THINK THAT RHIANNA SHOULD BE ON THIS LIST!! NOT ONLY DOES SHE PORTRAY HERSELF AS SUCH A GROWN WOMAN AT YOUNG AGE BUT SHE TOOK CREDIT FOR NEYO’S WORK ON UNFAITHFUL IN A RADIO INTERVIEW LIKE IT WAS NOTHING!!! THE ONLY REASON I KAN SEE THAT SHE MADE IT BIG IS BECUZZ OF HER ACCENT AND HER LOOKS!!!

LOOK PEOPLE, ITS LISTS AND THINGS LIKE THIS THAT SHOULD OPEN OUR EYES TO HOW MUCH WE COMPARE TALENT WITH LOOKS AND BEAUTY…WAT EVER HAPPENED TO WHEN YOU DIDNT HAVE TO HAVE LOOKS TO HAVE TALENT??? IM A RECORDING ARTISTS MYSELF AND THERE HAVE BEEN MANY TIME LABELS TURNED BE DOWN BECUZZ I DIDNT HAVE ‘THE LOOK’…IN 2007 WE NEED TO SHOW THE WORLD THAT THE WORLD OF MUSIC ISNT TURNING INTO THE BATTLE OF THE PRETTY BITCHES…..SUPPORT THE MOVEMENT………

These are the joints I hated:Sexyback and Promiscuos sounded too commercial for me,despised Cassie’s Me and You why it was popular is beyond me.Lupe F was just plain stupid.The songs I did like is: What you know,Krazy,Torn,It’s going down,Riding dirty and as much as I hate to admit I liked Dejavu don’t care for the artist though. I am a little pissed Sean Paul’s Temperature or We be burning nah de de but it alright.

Love Beyonce, but Deja Vu was a horrible song.

Lupe Fiascos song barely got played on the L.A radio stations.

Sexyback was my ring tone for almost 6 months! Justin Timberlake has been my favorite white boy for years!

Cassie may not have talent, but Me and You bumped in my car, at my prom, graduation party, and still bumps in my dorm room! However, let’s not get it twisted, her album never debuted at number 1. It actually flopped! Oh well, can’t blame her for trying! LOL

Promiscuous was my song, but I agree with he person who said she would be nothing without Timbaland!

Anyway, this is my list:

1. Justin Timberlake-Sexyback
2. Beyonce-Irreplaceable
3. Jim Jones- We fly high
4. Rihanna -SOS
5. Panic at the disco- I write sins not tragedies
6. Cassie - Me and You
7. Chamillionaire- ridin’ dirty
8. E-40 - Tell me when to go
9. Heather Headley - In my mind
10. Lil Scrappy- Money in the Bank

Yup!

List sounds about right…I know I must have heard Ne*Yo - So Sick a million times in a million remixes, I was “so sick” of that song, along with Cassie’s Me and U.

I also heard a lot of Mary J. Blige’s Be Without U and Ray J’s One Wish! Oh and please let’s not forget about the Pussy Cat Dolls, all of their songs this year were HITS. Again I’m going by the shit I heard everytime I turned on the radio…EVERYTIME….*cringes and rocks*

Thanks Brian!!!And Happy New Year Everyone!!!

LoL @ hdizzle or whoever posted towardz me . .”tell me why you mad son ” . .you just mad cuz iono like fantasia overbite bear looking ass . . .and she’s a ight singer, u c she wasnt thought about for TOP songs

Please don’t hate! . . . .

and yerp, Balllllinnnnnn was a good song, don’t front, u prolly got tha single bumpin on one of your mix cd’s . . .please don’t front . .mmmmmmk

@89- Don’t ask me…ask Akon dammit, bcuz he’s the one that calls himself…”thee illegal alien”. Furthermore I could care less where he was born! have yourself a happy, happy holiday!!!

i agree with the list but instead of deja vu i would’ve put IRREPLACEABLE..i havent heard a person yet say they hate that song..and those who have lied and bumped it in the privacy of their bedrooms/cars.

oh and what about YOUNG DRO-shoulder lean.i loved that more than young joc..what about DFB-lean wit it rock wit it or was that 05?i dont know..im sleep deprived

Wasn’t Sexyback worth a mention if not a nod?

what about everytime the beat drops? We need Mo up in the shit.

why would i download when i already got all that shit. and it sucks ass lol…jus kidding

Man All The hoodrats Had “Bossy” As A ringer LMAO

I liked “Deja Vu” I don’t know why people think its so damn bad.

“Crazy” was good but annoying as hell

“Me & U” had one of my favorite beats this year.

“It’s Goin Down” sucked so damn badly that whoever likes it needs to go sit in a white room in a straitjacket with Jay-Z’s Reasonable Doubt playing over and over again.

“Promiscuous” got tired real quickly but I still like it

“Torn” is one of the most underrated songs of the year.

“Sexyback” sucked real hard.

“Kick, Push” was one of my favorite rap songs of the year, he kept my interest in music.

“Ridin’ Dirty” had all the white people gettin happy.

All the honorable mentions were actually good especially “Promise” and “Bossy”

ACTUALLY CASSIE’S DEBUT ALBUM DEBUTED AT NO. 4 ON BILLBOARD CHARTS (www.billboard.com) ALSO I CANT STAND CASSIE, SHE IS A ONE-HIT-WONDER. ALL HER SONGS ARE BORING AND OUT. SHE’S JUST AN AALIYAH WANNABE. SHE CANT DANCE EITHER…LOL

Where is S.O.S., So Sick, and Love? those songs got killed to death in 06.

Here’s my list of fave songs of 06′
Promiscuous
My Love
Love
S.O.S.
What You Know
Irreplaceable
Show Me what You Got
So Sick
Me And U
Kick Push
Promise

@ 121 Ummm. SexyBack is on the list what list were you reading?

Anyway I agree with Compton_Chick23 I don’t think Deja Vu was that bad it wasn’t the shit but yeah
SexyBack was fuckin irritating
And although i like Kick, Push it wasn’t played that much on my radio stations
As for Crazy WTF?

And if one more person points out that Cassie’s album was number 4 instead of number 1 im gonna jump out a fuckin window. Okay she’s pretty can’t sing or dance yada yada yada we all get the picture

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

I don’t think I listened to 97% of the songs in this post this year.

My top releases for the year include:
The Roots - Game Theory,
Amy Winehouse - Back to Black,
Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine
Dave Hollister - Book of David Vol 1 (excellent gospel CD)
Joi - Tennessee Slim is the Bomb
Christina Aguilera - Back to Basics
Madonna - Confessions on a Dance Floor (yep)
John Legend - Once Again

a lukewarm nod to Ne-Yo — he’s a good songwriter with a stupid stage name.

I think people who say that Nelly Furtado “changed up her style” are WHACK! If you knew anything about her, or perhaps owned her first album, you would see that Nelly F. is the epitome of “Eclectic”. Her music taste varies and she’s influenced by all types of music. On her first album, she had hip-hop type songs, as well as spanish, portuguese, folk-music, etc. Even her current album is an eclectic mix. She is not even spanish, yet has recorded several songs in Spanish like “Te Busque” and “No Hay Igual”. Some artists, you can really just tell if you pay attention to their music and their interviews, videos, etc that they are just puttin music out there tat reflects them, and she’s one of them. Another example would be Robin Thicke, yeah he’s white, but his music has soul and its jazzy, because those are his true musical influences and he just likes to express that. Then you have a loser like Justin Timberlake, who is just eating off of black people’s music, ’cause urban musc is becoming soooo mainstream, and that’s where the money is at. He’s throwing disses at legends like Janet & Prince…. are you kidding me? His “new” sound on FutureSex/LoveSounds, sounds like some shit Janet & Prince already did. The song FutureSex/LoveSounds sounds exactly like a damn prince song… His falsetto voice is soooo Prince…. but anyway these are my thoughts. The list is ok. It really lacks other important songs of 2006. But whatever….. if it sucks, that’s Brian’s fault for not doing all his research or something…

what about my girl shakira “hips don’t lie”?????? lol damnit, leave out the colombian! =]

oh, and my song: BAAAAAAALLLLLINNNNNNNN’??????

# 77 YOU MUST BE MAD TALKING ABOUT IRREPLACABLE IS GARBAGE!
IRREPLACEABLE IS #1 ON ABOUT 13 DIFFERENT CHARTS RIGHT THIS MOMENT. THERE IS NO DENYING THIS SONG IS HUMONGOUS!!

I GUESS IT LIKE THEY SAY “ONE MAN TRASH IS ANOTHER’S TREASURE.”

cassie was neva #1.

go toya! ure hot!

Definitely, these should be on:

Rick Ross - Hustlin’ (an instant classic)
The Game - One Blood
Ne-Yo - So Sick
Anything Akon (since he is popular right now)
Keysha Cole - Love
Rhianna - SOS
PCD - Buttons
Young Dro - Shoulder Lean
Alicia Keys - Ghetto Story
Jim Jones - We Fly

Gnarls Barkley - Crazy & Kelis - I’m Bossy = worst urban singles of 2006

I forgot another horrible hit:

Shakira - Hips Don’t Lie (she sounds like a frog)

These songs are ending my 2006 right now:

Rich Boy - Throw Some D’s
Pimp C feat. POP & Lil’ Keke - Knockin Doors Down
Birdman & Lil’ Wayne feat. T-Pain/Rick Ross - Know What I’m Doin

“Crazy”-HATEEDDDDD iT SOOOOO BAD

“Me & U”-HATED iT AFTER LiKE..2 ND A HALF WEEkSz

“It’s Goin Down”-HOT ASS BEAT..STiLL A HOT SONG TO THiS DAY

“Promiscuous”-GOT TiRED REALLLLLLL QUiCk…NO WAiT..COULDN STAND iT in THE FiRST PLACE

“Torn”-HATEDDD iT…SOO ANNOYiNG

“Sexyback”-LOVED iT AT FiRST..THEN iT GOT TiRED

“Kick, Push”-HATED iT..BORiNG

“Ridin’ Dirty”-AFTER A WEEk..iT GOT REAL TiRED LiKE MOST ON THiS LiST

*SO PROPS 2 JOC 4 kEEPiN MA iNTEREST*

AND BTW…ADD SO SiCK;SEXY LOVE AND LOVE (KEYSHiA COLE)
THEY NEEDA BE ON DERE!

actually Cassie shitty album never debuted at number 1 on any charts, but actually #5 on the hot 200, her song was #1 on rnb charts, so cassie shity cat fuckin vocals can go to hell.

I think Lupe didn’t got any air play anywhere (including Houston) but I do like his stuff.

But yall are wrong for leaving out Rick Ross “Hustlin” that was the summer anthem WTF?????

And Kelis “Bossy” was in heavy rotation also!!!

WAIT A MINUTE! WHERE IS ‘BE WITHOUT YOU’ BY MARY J. BLIGE? THAT HAD TO BE A MISTAKE.

She is all have been listening to. And Keysha had some hits too, but I don’t know if that would be for 2005.

I don’t know what all the hype is when it comes to JT. I loved his first solo album and videos, but the songs I’ve heard from his new album, I’m just not impressed. And I’m not saying this b/c he dissed my girl Janet. BTW what did he say about Prince?

I don’t understand Nelly F.

Glad ‘Torn’ made the list, hot song and video.

Ballin should definitely be on there.

I actually liked TI, Young Joc, and Camillionaire songs.

Cassie should have stuck with modeling.

Bey…I feel the same about her music as I do JT’s.

Gnarls Barkley??? Too bizarre for me.

Lupe…Nice new sound

#71 There are other artists/songs on the list. What’s your take on the others?

Ppl who are infatuated with some celebs love to call others haters LMAO.

@#78 I agree

#99 once again as I asked someone else, what is your take on the list!? Calm down, I am sure CL is going to have a thread about Dreamgirls. At that time you can diss J-Hud…WHATEVER!!!

Where is Jum Jones?? That’s the number 1 record of the year.

I agree wif da list…but i think dey r forgettin…Hipz dnt lie…Shakira nd Wyclef…Hottest song of da summer

Oh yeah this is a good list. I think Cherish’s “Do It To It” or Dem Franchize Boyz “Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It” too. Good choices for the list! Those are the songs that would probably come to mind.

man, the shitty artist who can’t sing for crap had the biggest hits, cassie and rihanna ruled!!!!you know you are lying if you’re sitting here saying that you didn’t bob your head or sing along to “me&u” whenever it came the radio. I personally didn’t like “s.o.s” but it was massive world hit, kinda like “goodies”, which I didn’t like very much either.

ID theft growing concern for MySpace users
By GARY GENTILE

BW Exclusives

MySpace devotee Kary Rogers was expecting to see a gut-busting video when a friend from the popular online hangout messaged him a link. First, though, he was directed to a page where he was supposed to re-enter his password. Rogers realized that someone was trying to steal his information, and he didn’t take the bait. At best, he would be spammed with junk e-mails; worse, the Web thief might steal his real-life identity.

“I immediately went back and changed my password,” said Rogers, 29, a network analyst for Mississippi State University in Starkville, Miss.

MySpace bills itself as a “place for friends.” Increasingly, it is also a place for unfriendly attacks from digital miscreants on the prowl, luring users to sexually explicit Web sites, clogging mailboxes with spam messages and playing on the trust users have when speaking to “friends” to obtain passwords that could lead to identity theft.

Managing the risks that come with rapid growth is an enormous challenge for MySpace, now part of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. media conglomerate. The site can’t afford to drive away users, who might defect to one of a growing number of alternative sites, or advertisers, who pay top dollar to reach the growing MySpace audience.

Last month, MySpace inched past Yahoo Inc. in U.S. page views, recording 38.7 billion, according to comScore Media Metrix.

A key reason behind the popularity is its ease. Simply by adding a few lines of computer code, users can create elaborate profiles and personalize them with photos, music and video. A host of communication tools makes it easy to send messages to one person or a whole list of friends, who number into the thousands for some of the more popular MySpace users.

Those same tools can be used by vandals to make it look like an innocent user has sent spam to the same long list of “friends.”

Programmers are writing scripts that take advantage of specific features on MySpace, including “friend request,” where one user asks to be added to another user’s list of buddies.

One recent scam works this way: A spammer posts a number of phony profiles featuring pictures of cute women, often promising nude photos. A “friend request” with the woman’s photo is sent to hundreds of users.

Once the fake profile loads, a blue screen descends, saying the profile is protected by the “MySpace Adult Content Viewer.” Unsuspecting users who try to download the viewer instead get a worm that installs adware on their computers.

Social-networking sites make good targets because of the implicit level of trust users have when they’re interacting with “friends.”

“The ongoing interaction lowers your reservations and security barriers,” said Marc Gaffan, an expert in online fraud and security at RSA, the security division of EMC Corp.

MySpace, which News Corp. bought last year for some $580 million, has recognized the threat and is stepping up security efforts, said Hemanshu Nigam, its chief security officer.

The company is rapidly expanding its team of software engineers, lawyers and other experts who look for suspicious activity, educate users on how to prevent attacks and go after the worst offenders.

Under Nigam’s direction, the company recently formed a Content Assurance Team. Employees post fake profiles on the site, pretending to be vulnerable teens or clueless adults. The profiles are designed to keep tabs on everything from sexual predators to spammers.

MySpace also is preparing to launch a more aggressive education campaign, urging users to take care and use tools that restrict the viewing of their profiles to only trusted sources.

When all else fails, the company is also files civil suits and is increasing cooperation with law enforcement officials.

“We’re trying to take away the ‘cool’ factor of trying to attack us,” Nigam said.

Nigam came to MySpace after stints as a federal prosecutor specializing in child pornography and computer crime cases. He also led security efforts at Microsoft Corp. and the Motion Picture Association of America.

MySpace hired him in May to strengthen security and safety efforts at the site and other Internet properties owned by Fox Interactive media.

“Security is a top priority because it’s critical for our community of users and for our business partners,” Nigam said. “If advertisers feel uncomfortable being on a site that is seen as not as secure, not as safe, then we lose revenue.”

So far, no major damage has been done on the site, although some users, increasingly annoyed by the fake friends and messages, are seeking other social networking alternatives.

“I don’t have this problem on Facebook,” Rogers said, referring to another popular site.

The Internet has weathered several threats over the years, but as users move on, so do the attackers.

Writers of malicious software used to count primarily on e-mail recipients to click on attachments to spread their wares. As e-mail recipients got more savvy, the writers looked to automate the process by exploiting vulnerabilities in e-mail programs, browsers and the Windows operating system from Microsoft Corp.

As those security holes get closed, virus writers are looking elsewhere, including social-networking sites, attractive in part because of their size.

“It’s where the activity is and the attackers play the percentages,” said David Cole, director of security response at Symantec Corp. “They go after the largest market share where there is the most activity.”

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On the Net:

MySpace safety tips:

http://www1.myspace.com/misc/safetyTips.html

I thought Busta Rhymes’ Touch It would have been on the list…with all those remixes. It was popular thru-out the summer though.

people seem to forget that this isn’t the “personal preference list” . all of these songs were HUGE this year. except, i really don’t remember deja vu being that popular, or maybe it’s just where i live where it wasn’t, not to be rude to what you’ve posted, but irreplaceable was WAYYY bigger than deja vu. otherwise, i think it’s a pretty accurate list