There are a lot of ways to lose control of your
Facebook account. You may get hacked and ultimately loose Control over your
Facebook account.
You can also be the victim of an attack by malicious softwares and hackers causing much more damage on your
Facebook account. That's why I am posting some tips for you to prevent your
Facebook acoount being
Hacked.
Basic Tips To Prevent Your Facebook Account Being Hacked :
1 ) Application Permission :
Whenever on
Facebook you answer a quiz , install a
Facebook game, or
add any application , you will be forced to go through an intermediate
screen showing what the permissions the application needs . These
permissions can include almost anything, which may also include full
access to your Facebook account , even when you’re not connected.
In other words, if you do not carefully read the permissions required
, you might end up giving more than just personal information, so
beware next time.
2 ) Video Spam Links :
Also Beware of videos on Facebook, Spammers are targeting Facebook to
Spread links of Spammy videos, Which on your click redirects you and
takes control of your fb account to Spam on other fb comments, you might
not be even aware that you have commented so and so thing on so and so
palce.
3 ) Download Notification :
Sometimes when you start a video , you receive a notification that you
need to install or update a codec , which is necessary and essential to
watch the clip.
That may be true, but its often said that codec is actually a Trojan
horse . For those who do not know , be aware that antivirus program is
blocking it , although it could still slip through the net and suddenly
be harmful for you.
4 ) Fake Facebook Messages :
If you own Popular Facebook pages, then you may even recieve Messages
with names like : Facebook team, Security team, Facebook Security, etc,
etc.
The Message would so legit that you will be Forced to click on Some
link, Which are actually Cookie stealing apps and eventually you may end
up loosing your facebook account so better ignore that message.
No
Facebook team will never Send you such messages, so
Dont forget to Report that message.
* Some More Security Tips *
1 ) Add your phone number and Change its privacy to
Only me, So
Even if there is any problem in your fb account you may easily get it
back by making facebook send you Code to your Mobile. And Changing your
Phone number Privacy to Only me Will make sure that other people will
not be able to see your Phone number.
2 ) Add Security Question as a Secondary option to get back
your Facebook account. Choose a Question, Answer to which only you
know. or add any other Unique answer which nobody knows but make sure
you are able to remember it.
3 ) Add People as Friends that you know personally, Many a
times people on facebook adds many other people who they dont even know
by thier face. Facebook Asks you to identify Friends in which they are
Tagged in.
4 ) Turn on Notification when you log in to your facebook
account, so whenever you login, you get a mail from facebook with
information about time, date, Operating system and Browser.
5 ) Change your Password Frequently, It is said that you must Use your Password as your Toothbrush. So keep changing it Frequently.
So these are some steps. Hope you enjoyed the post.
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