Facebook used to be a safe place but not any more. There are so many spammers and scammers that create fake Facebook profile for a number of purposes including spamming, scams, marketing, hacking etc. Some of these profiles are created by people pretending to another person or trying to be anonymous while some of these are auto generated for marketing and spamming purposes. A study find out that most of the fake profiles are female and thus has more chances of acceptance. If you get a new friend request from an unknown person please do check, before accepting the request, whether it is a genuine profile or not. Just because the new profile has mutual friends does not mean that it is a real profile. [Read more…]
Best practices to stay safe on Facebook and avoid being hacked
As Facebook has emerged as the most popular Social Networking site (with a user base of 800 Million active users) it has also gained attention of hackers and spammers. As in the case of Windows, the more popular it is, more are the chances of it getting attacked. The reason that both Windows and Facebook are easy target is same: it has large number of population and most of them are common users with limited or no knowledge of fraud protection or “security”. It is an open secret that people are the weakest link when it comes to security. Keeping this in mind, I would like to request readers not to be the weakest link and to follow these best practices to avoid being hacked: [Read more…]
How to solve Error Message “windows cannot find *.exe”
A very common problem with Virus affected drives are that when try double click open it, it give you an option of “Open With“. To get rid of this problem you have to play a little bit with the registry of the computer. This is also helpful if you are getting an error message “cannot find *.exe“. Although altering the registry may be a bit risky, but being careful in modifying the registry prevents such mishaps. I would suggest you to back up the registry before applying any changes. [Read more…]
How to keep Your PC safe from VIRUS entering through USB Drive
The autoplay option in computer is extremely harmful in case of using infected pen drives. It lets the Virus enter before you can take action. Your Anti Virus may detect it, but not always. Here is one simple solution (For Windows7 but applicable to other older versions of Windows as well) to keep your computer safe from Virus entering through USB Drive:
>Go to Start
>Control panel
>Choose System and Security
>Double Click Administrative tools
>Look for Services
>Find Shell Hardware Detection: It provides notifications for AutoPlay hardware events
>Right Click and select Properties
>From the drop down button of Startup type choose Disable
>Ok
I hope that keeps your PC safe. I’ll also talk about malware removal from computer and Pen Drive in my next post.
How to enable Secure “https” brwosing on Facebook
Its a dirty cyberworld. And with the advancement of technology advanced are the dangers. On an unsecure wi-fi connection hacking facebook is child’s play. You might have heard of “Firesheep” add on of Firefox which enables to login in to others’ opened facebook account on the same network. Apart from that, packet sniffers can also be used to steal your password on the fly. Man in the middle attacks are also very popular in the same sense.
One of the most easy way to avert any of the above attack is to use safe browsing with https(Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) which is an enhanced secure version of the popular http protocol. Till now https was mainly used for secure payment transaction over internet but recently Facebook and twitter added the option of secure browsing to avoid increased compromising of their user accounts.
- To enable this feature, go to your “Account Settings” on the top right corner.
- In “Settings” tab look for “Account Security“
- Click on “change“
- Tick on the “Secure Browsing (https)“
- Save it.
At least this will keep your facebook account safe on your network. 