Here are the simple steps if you want to hide or remain private from selected Facebook users that are stalking you or unknowingly compiling your photos or information. This will keep you the trouble of creating a new anonymous Facebook account which is still not fool proof to avid stalkers.
One day while you are attempting to log in to your Facebook account you were flag with a message saying Incorrect Email/Password Combination. Have you tried using Forgot password feature from Facebook reset link? Go to http://www.facebook.com/reset.php to give it a try. If Facebook didn’t send you any new email regarding reset password and you already exhausted your memory of the entire list of passwords you know and still to no avail. It is possible that your account has been hacked by someone.
Facebook has always been a target of PHISHING SCAMS, this is because it is so popular with multitude number of users. More users means more possible victims unwittingly broadcasting their vital information and personal details to cyber-criminals.
Fake websites whose almost identical to the original website are created attempting to fool users to enter details like credit card numbers, validation numbers, email passwords, user accounts and other important information.
(more…)
If you happen to log in to your Facebook account recently, you have probably been prompted of a Facebook privacy announcement before you can go straight into your Facebook profile home page. It says that Facebook is making some changes to give Facebook users more control of what user information are willing to share to public to stay connected, some of this info are but not limited to your Facebook profile name and picture.
Facebook is so popular today because of its built in applications. If you’re a Facebook user I am sure you are familiar with its addictive games, built in messaging system, photo uploading capabilities, video sharing and the list goes on. But are you aware that there are viruses lurking out there for a new victim!
We can all agree as a Facebook user that it has almost all the cool things we could possibly ask for a social website but not including viruses. Social website Viruses can compromise our privacy and sensitive information without knowing. It not just Facebook that is the target of this malicious worms or applications but other social websites as well. Koobface (Anagram for “Facebook”) worm virus which appeared in August 2008 found its way into the Facebook and began causing havoc across the network. It targets the users of the social networking websites Facebook, MySpace, hi5, Bebo, Friendster and Twitter.
(more…)