subject: Avoid Dangerous Apps In Facebook [print this page] Facebook apps and games are commonly known to the fans of the most popular social network in Greece and abroad.
But how secure are these applications? Who guarantees, that those apps are safe to install and will not compromise our computers?
Lately these apps have become a headache for IT security engineers. You cannot
always know who might be the developer of an application and how this app manages the collected data from users using this application. Also it is impossible to check out an application before you install it, so you remain completely unprotected to malicious developers and hackers.
You should always be careful with those facebook applications, which you install in your facebook profile. Do not accept any quiz you receive or any game that comes to you. You should also check the privacy settings on the Facebook applications settings. From this menu you can control which applications can access your personal information and which cant.
An app is short for application which is by definition is computer software designed to help the user to perform singular or multiple related specific tasks.
Also be very careful about installing a tool-bar to your favorite browser. Browser tool-bars harvest your browsing history, Internet activity and send it back to its source where who knows what else they do with it, besides selling users stats and Internet activity.
These browser tool-bars are commonly found in on line games like those in Facebook, MySpace and other site providing free information like CNET
Primarily tool-bars act as a tool for make life easier for a user with nifty tools and widgets, smilies etc.
So be warned about these ad-on tool-bars and some may be very difficult to get rid of once they installed themselves and other hidden, scripts of programs on your hard drive.
