There are many Facebook scams going on and it is becoming more difficult to avoid them. While you may not believe it, the majority of them come from the United States while only a tenth of them originate from the United Kingdom and even less so from Nigeria. These people are finding ways to make you activate a virus on your Facebook site which inevitably allows them to retrieve all of your personal information on your computer, not just your Facebook site.
To prevent from being tricked by these viruses, you can help yourself by knowing about them and how to avoid them. Sometimes these viruses are very deceptive and look like any other link on Facebook. This is how knowing can prevent disaster – once you know about it, you will avoid it.
Video Links
You might receive a message from a trusted friend asking you to check out the video and how the person must be insane to have done the action in the video. By clicking on the video, you will allow the Facebook permission screen to be displayed. Once you have allowed it access to your personal files, it will send the same message to your friends with the same link. By allowing this virus into your personal files, not only will it send the same message to friends but it will access your personal information and hack into your various accounts.You can avoid this from happening by not opening such links and checking with the friend first to see if they sent it. Also, if you do click on it, let your friends know about the possibility of them receiving it. To find out about the links and their safety, use the AVG online link scanner.
Photograph Tags
Another common viral scam going through Facebook is the notification that you were tagged in a photograph. This is a very widespread rogue application and so much so that people have petitioned Facebook to do something about it. If you have already let in the application, you can remove it in the privacy settings on your page. Also remove the posting from the news feed so that others don’t click on it. To avoid installing the rogue application, do not click on these announcements that you have been tagged. Normally, they have some outlandish statement in them that will make you want to click. You are advised to ask the friend if the photograph is from them.
Identity Theft
This scam attempts to hijack your Facebook page. It entices you to click on another webpage through a false Facebook page. The malware installs a keylogger that then searches and saves passwords and other such things. They take control of your Facebook account and contact your friends attempting to scam them out of their money by saying that you are in trouble.Anything that prompts you to enter a code or to update your Flash browser on Facebook is an indication that the application is a viral scam. It is best to avoid these and not enter that code, URL, or update the software. Also, avoid from posting links from these prompts as these tend to activate the viruses.
To prevent from being tricked by these viruses, you can help yourself by knowing about them and how to avoid them. Sometimes these viruses are very deceptive and look like any other link on Facebook. This is how knowing can prevent disaster – once you know about it, you will avoid it.
Video Links
You might receive a message from a trusted friend asking you to check out the video and how the person must be insane to have done the action in the video. By clicking on the video, you will allow the Facebook permission screen to be displayed. Once you have allowed it access to your personal files, it will send the same message to your friends with the same link. By allowing this virus into your personal files, not only will it send the same message to friends but it will access your personal information and hack into your various accounts.You can avoid this from happening by not opening such links and checking with the friend first to see if they sent it. Also, if you do click on it, let your friends know about the possibility of them receiving it. To find out about the links and their safety, use the AVG online link scanner.
Photograph Tags
Another common viral scam going through Facebook is the notification that you were tagged in a photograph. This is a very widespread rogue application and so much so that people have petitioned Facebook to do something about it. If you have already let in the application, you can remove it in the privacy settings on your page. Also remove the posting from the news feed so that others don’t click on it. To avoid installing the rogue application, do not click on these announcements that you have been tagged. Normally, they have some outlandish statement in them that will make you want to click. You are advised to ask the friend if the photograph is from them.
Identity Theft
This scam attempts to hijack your Facebook page. It entices you to click on another webpage through a false Facebook page. The malware installs a keylogger that then searches and saves passwords and other such things. They take control of your Facebook account and contact your friends attempting to scam them out of their money by saying that you are in trouble.Anything that prompts you to enter a code or to update your Flash browser on Facebook is an indication that the application is a viral scam. It is best to avoid these and not enter that code, URL, or update the software. Also, avoid from posting links from these prompts as these tend to activate the viruses.
POSTED BY
SUSHEEL SINGH
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