subject: 5 Easy Steps Explaining What You Ought To Do In The Event That Your Facebook Account Is Hacked [print this page] In social media web sites such as FB, cyber criminals are taking their time in executing their dubious deeds. The most obvious way of knowing if your account is accessed without your authority is when unusual stuff take place therein, even though you did not do anything. Here are a few tips that may help you avoid account hackers, and at the same time, so that you understand what to do if your Zynga account is hacked.
Firstly, you need to have a really strong password. This is not to say your password must be a combination of words and letters that you can barely remember. A strong password rather, has a combined upper and lower case characters and numbers. They say that it is two times as hard for your online account to get hacked if the password starts with a letter rather than a number. Avoid sharing your password and avoid using common passwords like names, your pet's name, birth dates, and the like. Your Myspace and email account passwords should not be the same. Avoid downloading applications that look fishy and those that are unfamiliar to you. Have an updated antivirus installed on your pc prior to starting a new account.
If you realize your account has been hacked, there are 5 simple steps that you should follow. Visit Facebook Support Center and get information about how to reclaim your account. If you use the same security code for your email, change that at once. The cyberpunk might get access to your current email account also. If unfortunately, your email account has been hacked too, get info on how to reclaim your e-mail account, too. Carefully trace all the accounts you have with that password and change them all just to be sure.
Next, scan your pc for viruses or spyware present. If you used a different computer to access the account, keep the owner informed in order that he can carry out a scan as well. Visit your account for any suspicious programs and remove them immediately. Keep an eye on the latest files you installed as they are more likely to be the root cause. Go to the privacy settings and then click the link that allows you to edit your application settings. If there is any application that you're unaware of, delete that. Applications should not gain access to your profile. A number of them would post updates for you without you knowing.
Finally, you may want to tell your friends and family that your account has been hacked to ensure that if they receive suspicious links from your account, they're going to disregard them. Doing the above step helps prevent your friends and family from becoming victims too. The hacker could be using your account to gain access to some of family's personal information, so, this action should not be left out.
