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Social Networking has become a major part of our web experience these days. Social networks are vast websites where people can meet new people and befriends them. Once done, you can keep in touch with them via statuses, photos, blogs, messages, and more. Social Networking websites such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter dominate the lives of many Internet users today. Millions of PC users are part of those social networks and each day, more and more people are joining them. Because of such popularity, all those sites are being used by cybercriminals. Those bad people will try many ways to spread viruses, steal people’s personal infos and to do online crime. This is due to the fact that users generally trust social networking websites a hundred percent.
To protect your personal data and your computer system from fraudulent activities that might occur on those social networks is very important for any social network’s user, including yourself. Even if there are generic principles that can apply, it is widely known that professional antivirus software can monitor for malicious software while the PC user continues to work, offering an immunity that you would otherwise not have.
Others methods than the ones we just talked about are needed because social websites can be a dangerous place for many people so we will talk about manual methods to use. This can be done by following the guidelines stated below:
· You should filter what information you are putting on the web – Any content (pictures, videos, infos) that you think might be used against you should not be published at all. Photos and videos that demean you as a person are also not recommended.
· Be prudent about all your new online friends – Always verify that people you are connected to on social networking sites are people that you would associate with in real life. Do not add up friends just for the sake of having as many as possible. Some of those new friends might indeed be some cyber criminals, or online stalkers. You want to stay away from those people.
· Your infos should not be visible by every people on a given network – You can turn off the option where the friends of your friends are all able to see your personal informations on your online profile. Do not allow this, set your profile information so that it is not shown to anyone other than your friends.
· Never reply or even obey any instructions coming from unverified messages – You might get in your inbox messages that seems to come from the development team of the social network you’re on. Those messages (coming from hackers) will have some attachments that are indeed a virus. Be even more cautious if such a message is asking you to download/install any kind of programs. Be aware that this is some kind of trick by cyber criminals to install on your PC some malware or related programs.
· Do not post when you are leaving on vacation to public profiles. Otherwise your house and personal belonging are even more vulnerable to thieves.
To have a great and safe online social networking experience, you should do the previous steps as part of your online routine. They will help the social networks to stop those cyber criminals. This helps everyone by making their social networking experience safer and more enjoyable.
