Receiving security risk feedback from linked contacts due to a user's system actions and behaviors

1. A method of receiving risk feedback from a social network, the method comprising:

receiving a plurality of feedback transmissions, by an information handling system, from one or more social network contacts over a computer network, the plurality of feedback transmissions corresponding to one or more risky action notifications previously sent to the one or more social network contacts from the information handling system;

analyzing, by the information handling system, the received feedback transmissions;

identifying, based on the analysis by the information handling system, a risky action being performed by a user of the information handling system; and

performing, by the information handling system, a risk avoidance measure to counteract the identified risky action.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

identifying a risky action category corresponding to the identified risky action;

retrieving a plurality of contact risky action values received by the user from a set of contacts, wherein the contact risky action values correspond to the identified category;

retrieving a user risky action value corresponding to the identified category; and

comparing the contact risky action values to the user risky action value, wherein the comparison is included in the analysis.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the feedback transmissions include one or more actions taken by at least one of the one or more social network contacts, and wherein the analyzing further comprises:

identifying a risky action category corresponding to the identified risky action;

selecting the one or more actions taken by at least one of the one or more social network contacts corresponding to the identified risky action category;

displaying the selected one or more actions taken by at least one of the one or more social network contacts, wherein the displaying is included in the analysis; and

receiving an instruction from the user to perform the risk avoidance measure.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the identified risky action is use of an unsecured wireless network, the method further comprising:

installing a routine that prevents usage of the unsecured wireless network, wherein the installation of the routine is the performed risk avoidance measure.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the identified risky action is usage by the user of a resource that is not password protected, the method further comprising:

establishing, by the user, a password that controls access to the resource, wherein the establishment of the password is the performed risk avoidance measure.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the identified risky action is a weak user password that controls usage of a resource by the user, the method further comprising:

establishing, by the user, a stronger user password to control the access to the resource, wherein establishment of the stronger user password is the performed risk avoidance measure.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the identified risky action is access of a known risky website, the method further comprising:

installing a routine that prevents future access of the known risky website by the user, wherein the installation of the routine is the performed risk avoidance measure.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

generating a risk avoidance statement based upon the performed risk avoidance measure; and

transmitting the generated risk avoidance statement to at least one of the one or more social network contacts.

9. A method comprising:

receiving a plurality of feedback transmissions, by an information handling system, from one or more social network contacts over a computer network, the plurality of feedback transmissions corresponding to one or more risky action notifications previously sent to the one or more social network contacts from the information handling system;

analyzing, by the information handling system, the received feedback transmissions;

identifying, based on the analysis, a risky action performed by a user;

identifying a risky action category corresponding to the identified risky action;

retrieving a plurality of contact risky action values received by the user from a set of contacts, wherein the contact risky action values correspond to the identified category;

retrieving a user risky action value corresponding to the identified category;

comparing the contact risky action values to the user risky action value;

performing, by the information handling system, a risk avoidance measure to counteract the identified risky action in response to the comparison;

generating, by the information handling system, a risk avoidance statement based upon the performed risk avoidance measure; and

transmitting, by the information handling system, the generated risk avoidance statement to one or more of the user's social network contacts.