Hacking of Facebook Account
#1. Its very easy to hack a Facebook
account, If you are ignorant about the page
URL. Many pishers around the Web create a
page which will exactly look like the
Facebook login page. If you login using that
page, Your account will be in the hands of
some Tom, Dick or Harry. So always check
the URL of the page before logging in.
Facebook Login Page 550x149 How to
Prevent Hacking of Facebook Account
#2. Visiting Links which are shared by your
Friends. This would be also a cause of
Hacking of Facebook account. So, Double
check when you are visiting a link shared by
your friends. If you think its a good clean
link, then proceed.
Links on Facebook How to Prevent Hacking
of Facebook Account
#3. Do you think, Your Facebook account is
being accessed by anyone? Get Notified
when your Facebook account is logged in
from a different place.
How to do this?
1. Login to your Facebook account, Click on
Account and navigate to Account Settings.
2. Under Account Security, Check Send me
an email, If a new computer or mobile device
logs into this account. You can also Check
Send me a text message, If you have added
a mobile device.
Account Security on Facebook 550x206 How
to Prevent Hacking of Facebook Account
Additional Tip: Also enable HTTPS secure
browsing.
HTTPS on Facebook How to Prevent Hacking
of Facebook Account
#4. Avoid using Spam Applications. Don’t
try to use an application which you don’t
know or seen some of your friends using. To
View/Edit applications which you are using,
Go to Applications Settings page.
Additional Tip: Remove Applications
which you are not using now.
Account Security on Facebook 550x206 How
to Prevent Hacking of Facebook Account
#5. Always use a complex and very strong
Password. A combination of Alphabets,
Numbers and Special Characters is an
unbeatable or unguessable password. Avoid
using your Name, Girl Friends name, Your
Mobile number etc., in your password as
these are easily guessable.
#6. Don’t accept requests from the people
you don’t know. Avoid adding people you
don’t know to your friends list. If he/she is a
Mutual Friend then you can add.
#7. Regularly scan your Computer with
some Anti-Spyware or Anti-Malware tools.
Some of the recommended tools are Panda
Active Scan, Trend Micro Housecall
Thus these are the 7 Basic as well as Best
possible ways for preventing and stopping
the Hacking of Facebook Account.
#1. Its very easy to hack a Facebook
account, If you are ignorant about the page
URL. Many pishers around the Web create a
page which will exactly look like the
Facebook login page. If you login using that
page, Your account will be in the hands of
some Tom, Dick or Harry. So always check
the URL of the page before logging in.
Facebook Login Page 550x149 How to
Prevent Hacking of Facebook Account
#2. Visiting Links which are shared by your
Friends. This would be also a cause of
Hacking of Facebook account. So, Double
check when you are visiting a link shared by
your friends. If you think its a good clean
link, then proceed.
Links on Facebook How to Prevent Hacking
of Facebook Account
#3. Do you think, Your Facebook account is
being accessed by anyone? Get Notified
when your Facebook account is logged in
from a different place.
How to do this?
1. Login to your Facebook account, Click on
Account and navigate to Account Settings.
2. Under Account Security, Check Send me
an email, If a new computer or mobile device
logs into this account. You can also Check
Send me a text message, If you have added
a mobile device.
Account Security on Facebook 550x206 How
to Prevent Hacking of Facebook Account
Additional Tip: Also enable HTTPS secure
browsing.
HTTPS on Facebook How to Prevent Hacking
of Facebook Account
#4. Avoid using Spam Applications. Don’t
try to use an application which you don’t
know or seen some of your friends using. To
View/Edit applications which you are using,
Go to Applications Settings page.
Additional Tip: Remove Applications
which you are not using now.
Account Security on Facebook 550x206 How
to Prevent Hacking of Facebook Account
#5. Always use a complex and very strong
Password. A combination of Alphabets,
Numbers and Special Characters is an
unbeatable or unguessable password. Avoid
using your Name, Girl Friends name, Your
Mobile number etc., in your password as
these are easily guessable.
#6. Don’t accept requests from the people
you don’t know. Avoid adding people you
don’t know to your friends list. If he/she is a
Mutual Friend then you can add.
#7. Regularly scan your Computer with
some Anti-Spyware or Anti-Malware tools.
Some of the recommended tools are Panda
Active Scan, Trend Micro Housecall
Thus these are the 7 Basic as well as Best
possible ways for preventing and stopping
the Hacking of Facebook Account.
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