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
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#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.
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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.
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#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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