How to Protect Your Facebook Account from Hackers 2013


Facebook Account and Hackers

Facebook has become a worldwide phenomenon. Every educated person owns a facebook account and updates it on daily basis, sharing his Pics, sharing his views, chatting with friends and lot more. Sometimes we upload some such things on Facebook which are only meant for our friends to see.
Usually Hackers don’t try to use information from a simple individuals account, they need someone big like a celebrity or politician. Then they can use that information to get money from him or some means of illegal activities.
That is one of the reason that celebrities try to avoid using social networking sites to remain unaffected from such problems. Most celebrities and politicians prefer Twitter for such use and to remain in touch with their fans.

How do Hackers Hack your Facebook Account ?

Usually they take help of Fishing Websites. Fishing websites are look-a-likes of original website. When someone goes to such page, he/she thinks  that they are on original facebook login page and they enter their username and password. That one step send their Facebook password to hackers in their email. It is just one way to hack your account. Hacker can also use key trackers on your PC, so that they get record of all keystrokes on your keyboard. Such keytrackers are easily available as virus. Such keytracker virus are known as trozan- horses.

How to Protect your Facebook account from Hackers ?

  • ·         Always check the URL in address bar before entering your username and password. It should be “https:www.facebook.com” .
  • ·         Intall an anti-virus and anti-spyware on your PC.
These two steps seems to be very simple but they can really help to protect your account
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