Mar
29
Be careful with Facebook Scam Links
by
fortuneking08
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Tips and Tricks
Examples of the above events is a kind of link scam. Link this scam would then attack the wall the user and forces the user to approve the installation of certain applications on Facebook that allows users to post on the wall and pages of friends of friends. To avoid this scam link to do things
follows:
a. Be careful with the short link from a friend who normally never had shared the previous link.
This I applied this morning, as a friend to share the link, I noticed he was never to share a link, then all of a sudden to sharenya and lots. This is certainly a link scam and very sorry for my friend to be exposed.
b. Investigation of applications that are too good (too good to be true) before states agree to install it.
c. Consider any applications you have provided authorization for posting on your wall.
What if you have been hit by scams like the above link? There is always a way of course to not constantly exposed to this scam links. For that follow these steps.
follows:
a. Be careful with the short link from a friend who normally never had shared the previous link.
This I applied this morning, as a friend to share the link, I noticed he was never to share a link, then all of a sudden to sharenya and lots. This is certainly a link scam and very sorry for my friend to be exposed.
b. Investigation of applications that are too good (too good to be true) before states agree to install it.
c. Consider any applications you have provided authorization for posting on your wall.
What if you have been hit by scams like the above link? There is always a way of course to not constantly exposed to this scam links. For that follow these steps.
TIPS
- Visit the privacy settings page,
- click the Apps and Websites.
- there is a list of applications recently accessed through your account.
- Select the application that you think offending, and remove from the list.
- Then delete all the messages have been posted by the application and
- Remind your friends about these applications so that they do not experience the same thing.
2. Be careful with the information you provide on the Application
Believe it or not the application is the entrance for viruses and spam. If you can wear as little as possible because applications are usually the application has the ability to know your e-mail addresses and other personal information. If you use the application after use remove the application from your application list for spam does not come mendompleng and not damage your Facebook account.
3. Beware of clickjacking
Spoiler for clickjacking:
Clickjacking is a technique to trick users into disclosing confidential Web carelessly or take over their computer while clicking on a Web page that did not appear dangerous. A vulnerability in various browsers and platforms, a clickjacking takes the form of embedded code or script that can execute without user's knowledge, such as clicking on the button that appears to perform other functions.
Description
Clickjacking is possible due to features that are seemingly harmless from HTML Web pages can be used to perform unexpected actions.
A trick a user into a page clickjacked perform unwanted actions by clicking the link hidden. On page clickjacked, the attackers showed a series of dummy button, then load another page in the transparent layer. The users think they are clicking on the button visible, whereas they actually do act on the hidden pages. Pages hidden pages may be authentic, and therefore an attacker could trick the user performs actions that the user never intended to do and no way to track such action later, when the user is really authenticated on other pages.
Apart from malicious applications that attempt to trick users up to download the spamming friends
them, metodeadalah clickjacking. Clickjacking, likejacking sometimes called, occurs when the user clicks the link and was taken to a page with a button hidden LIKE. Because of its LIKE button hidden and could be anywhere by clicking anywhere on the page will generate a feed
of course the news will be shared to your friends. Your friends see this and click the link, unwittingly spread spam.
Well loyal users up though Facebook itself has tried to reduce spam up to the figure of 95%, but the spam will still be there when machete Facebook users are not careful and concerned about their account security. Once again use the application is good mainly for finding out who is ready to see your profile, anyone who becomes your best friend, and statistics on your Facebook page. However, application usage is also dangerous and can damage your FB account with the emergence of a lot of spam. In addition, you must be very careful with your privacy settings for spam and viruses do not easily enter your account.
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