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People from all over the planet do enjoy using social networks for lots of reasons. Social networks are vast websites where people can meet new people and befriends them. Once done, you can keep in touch with them via statuses, photos, blogs, messages, and more. Social Networking websites such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter dominate the lives of many Internet users today. Millions of PC users are part of those social networks and each day, more and more people are joining them. A consequence is that all those social networks are good target for hackers looking to steal your personal infos, to spread viruses and worms and to do anything to compromise people’s computers. Those cybercriminals are using those websites because, generally speaking, the common PC user will trust those social networks to be 100% safe.
If you’re a member of such a social network, you should take important steps to protect your computer (and yourself) from suspicious activities that might happen on those sites. Professional antivirus products can monitor your computer’s system at the same moment you are using it (besides all the generic possibilities that those products do offer). This is a great thing that many people do like to have.
Others methods than the ones we just talked about are needed because social websites can be a dangerous place for many people so we will talk about manual methods to use. You can do this with the following steps:
· Double check what exactly you are making available on the internet– Do not publish anything (like videos, pictures, or personal infos) that can be used against you after while. Photos and videos that demean you as a person are also not recommended.
· Be prudent about all your new online friends– You should make friends (online, on those social networks) with the same people you would like to be friends on a daily basis outside the Internet. Shun from adding friends just to have a lots of them. Some might turn out to be hackers or psychopathic stalkers. Those people should not be part of your online friends lists.
· Your infos should not be visible by every people on a given network– There are features on social networking websites that allow friends of friends to view your information unless you specify otherwise. Do not allow this, set your profile information so that it is not shown to anyone other than your friends.
· Unverified messages containing instructions should not be obeyed neither replied to– Malware developers send malware applications as attachments to messages that look like they came from the development team of that particular social networking website. Be extremely cautious if the message instructs you to download and install certain applications. You will find out that this is some attempt by those hackers to infect your computer with some virus.
· If you’re planning vacations, don’t write publicly about it on your profile. This makes your home and valuables an easy target for those who wish to do you harm.
If you do follow those steps when using any social network, you will get a better and safer online experience. Besides you will help stopping those hackers. You will help lots of people and make yours and others online experience a great thing.