Tips to make your Facebook account Secure

Want to make Your Account Secure, Prevent it From Hacking? So Here are Few Tips

How can your account be Hacked?

Hackers Use Different methods to hack someone's account. The Two Common methods are 

1. Phishing

2. Rat/Keyloggers

• Phishing

Sometimes people create fake websites that look like the Facebook login page. When you enter your email and password on one of these pages, they record your information and keep it. This is called phishing.

With access to your login information, these people can then access Facebook on your behalf and post things to a large group of friends. These messages or links are usually ads telling friends to check out videos or products.

• Rats/Keyloggers

These are a kind of Softwares which a hacker uses to hack victim's PC. When the Victim Opens the Rat/Keylogger so it automatically sends your pc's information to the hacker. Whenever you login to your facebook account so all of the info i.e Email ID & Password are sent to the Victim's Email by Which he can easily access your facebook account.

Many Keyloggers are Encrypted by which antiviruses do not Detect it as a Virus.

In Short :  A keylogger is a type of surveillance software (considered to be either software or spyware) that has the capability to record every keystroke you make to a log file, usually encrypted. A keylogger recorder can record instant messages, e-mail, and any information you type at any time using your keyboard.

How To Make your Account Secure?

Following Three Security Options makes your Facebook Account Secure and Hack Proof. 

1) You can enable Login Notification so that whenever any body (or a hacker) tries to login with your User ID and Password, you will receive a Notification on your cell phone and you will come to know that it's time to change your password right now because the hacker has got your password and is trying to log in to your Facebook Account.

To Enable Login Nofication
Go to Home -> Account Settings -> Security -> Login Aprovals. Put a Check Mark on your preffered option and click Save Changes button.

2) Always check your Active Sessions. If you notice any unfamiliar location or device, it means your Facebook Account is at risk. Just click on End Activity and dont forget to change your password after that.

To Check Active Sessions
Go to Home -> Account Settings -> Security -> Where You're Logged In.

3) Enable Trusted Contacts So That Whenever You Forget Your Password or Want to Recover Your Account so There Must be a Way To Recover. Trusted contacts are friends you can reach out to if you ever need help getting into your Facebook account (ex: you forget your Facebook password and can’t get into your email account to reset it).

After you set up trusted contacts, next time you can't get into your account your trusted contacts can access special, one-time security codes from Facebook via a URL. You can then call your friends to get the security codes and use those codes to access your account.

Here You Can Choose Upto 3 trusted Contacts, Remember to choose those Friends whom you can call or are in your contact mostly.

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