Identifying and remediating malware-compromised devices

A computer program product for identifying malware-compromised mobile devices in a social media network, the computer product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computing device to cause the computing device to:

• access malware risk data including one or more types of devices identified as being at risk from malware;
• identify a type of a mobile device during login of a user to the social media network;
• determine the mobile device is at risk from malware based on the type of the mobile device matching the one or more types of devices identified as being at risk in the malware risk data;
• identify a set of connections of a user of the mobile device;
• identify at least one other user from the set of connections at risk from the malware;
• and
• issue, through a network connection, a notification of malware risk to the user of the mobile device and the at least one other user from the set of connections at risk from malware.

A system for identifying malware-compromised personal computing devices comprising:

• a CPU, a computer readable memory and a computer readable storage medium associated with a computing device;
• program instructions to access malware risk data;
• program instructions to determine a personal computing device is at risk from malware based on the malware risk data;
• program instructions to identify a set of connections of a user of the personal computing device, wherein each connection in the set of connections is associated with a user device;
• program instructions to identify at least one user device from the set of connections at risk from the malware;
• program instructions to send a notification regarding malware remediation steps to the personal computing device and the at least one user device;
• and
• program instructions to prevent the personal computing device and the at least one user device from utilizing an application until the malware remediation steps are completed,
• wherein the program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium for execution by the CPU via the computer readable memory.