FACEBOOK: Check or get hacked - are YOU in a SAFE session?

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11280

Message Posted:
24/08/2011 20:33

If you are on Facebook: check the URL! If you see the URL start with http://etc you are NOT in a safe session and hackers have a fine chance to hack into your account. You SHOULD see the URL begin with https://etc



Find "Safe browsing" and tick the box. (In your Account on the right of the screen).

Geolin


Joined: 04/10/2010
Posts: 23

Message Posted:
24/08/2011 22:05

Thanks for bringing attention to this Hans. I had never noticed this before but I've now changed my account settings.

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
24/08/2011 22:07

Thank you Hans I have now changed mine as I had been hacked from an 0161 number x

I think thats Manchester

Blackpoolfan


Joined: 03/12/2008
Posts: 1568

Message Posted:
24/08/2011 22:23

Cheers Hans for the info



Lilli 0161 is indeed Manchester

speedster


Joined: 20/06/2010
Posts: 242

Message Posted:
24/08/2011 22:27

Thank you for that info, just changed mine too!!!

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
24/08/2011 22:46

Lilli you must be getting so very good at all of this you will have to come round and sort mine out lol.



On my trip back home a friend of mine took a good look at my laptop and sorted everything out for me..apparently its all very safe and secure let the buggers try hacking what I have now I have a feeling that now I have something that very few here have even heard of...And I can assure you will not even get the chance to see either



Spider,X

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
24/08/2011 23:17

spider no I not good but when I checked it showed me as being signed in as mersin 10 turkey but so many from an 0161 number . They are looking into it now. I have the number which links to a skype number x

Chef99


Joined: 21/08/2011
Posts: 34

Message Posted:
24/08/2011 23:20

give us the full number lillie

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
24/08/2011 23:22

Lilli I no longer have the Google Chrome...either One that some have maybe not heard of !









Spider,X

GinaC


Joined: 26/11/2010
Posts: 372

Message Posted:
25/08/2011 07:13

I understood and followed the instructions in message 1, thank you.



I do not understand message 3 and 7. How do you check if you have been hacked and what has a telephone number got to do with it ?

magicart


Joined: 05/10/2008
Posts: 985

Message Posted:
25/08/2011 08:14

Thank you so much-job done.



Art

mmmmmm



Joined: 19/12/2008
Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
25/08/2011 09:16

??



Understand Hans' good advice re the secure login aspect, but the bit about Manchester tel numbers...??

proger1



Joined: 18/04/2009
Posts: 2918

Message Posted:
25/08/2011 09:27

I am not sure anyone but Lilli understands the manchester number hacking but as an add on to Hans information, if you play some games such as zynga poker and I assume others like farmville, you will need to come off the secure connection, facebook will tell you to accept this if you choose to however you must check that you are back on the secure connection when you go back to the main facebook site, it does not suggest this to you. Just double check to avoid the insecure connection.

Sorry Hans, just an expansion on your sound advice for the non techy's

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11280

Message Posted:
25/08/2011 10:00

@ msg 13, proger1: I'm a very limited user of Facebook and never play games (only chess on line via special sites) - so any addition about possible holes in the Facebook software is most welcome of course.



And while we're at "safety": If you connect to a financial site (your bank for instance) ALWAYS check there's a little yellow lock on the right side of the URL window (the location of the lock may differ, depending on the browser you use). If it's NOT there you may have been redirected to a faked though often detailed "home page", convincingly suggesting you're communicating with your bank. In such a case your log-in and other information may be stolen and your account may be plundered.

Carndi


Joined: 12/06/2009
Posts: 613

Message Posted:
25/08/2011 10:05

Done.

Thanks for that.

newscoop


Joined: 23/12/2007
Posts: 2197

Message Posted:
25/08/2011 10:43

Good tip Hans.

mmmmmm



Joined: 19/12/2008
Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
25/08/2011 10:47

Folks using UK online banking should use Trusteer Rapport software - if recommended



Review here:



http://www.computeractive.co.uk/ca/review/1915381/trusteer-rapport



Works for Paypal, too

beachsidebum


Joined: 02/03/2010
Posts: 425

Message Posted:
25/08/2011 11:46

Thanks Hans,, sound advice...now changed settings.

GinaC


Joined: 26/11/2010
Posts: 372

Message Posted:
25/08/2011 13:24

Can someone please help, I have followed Han's instructions but I'm worried that I may have been hacked. How do you do the checks as carried out in message 3 and 7, I still don't get what UK phone numbers have to do with it as we are getting Internet via a dongle.

juliamoons



Joined: 14/05/2009
Posts: 849

Message Posted:
25/08/2011 13:39

My bank will not allow me to connect if Trusteer Rapport is not running.

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11280

Message Posted:
25/08/2011 13:49

@ msg 19, GinaC: Sorry, I do not understand msg 3 and 7 either. Maybe Lillie can give more details (without giving any personal information or full phone numbers!)?

GinaC


Joined: 26/11/2010
Posts: 372

Message Posted:
25/08/2011 22:50

Thank you Hans I hope Lillie can let me know how to check.

dizzycows


Joined: 12/05/2009
Posts: 2736

Message Posted:
25/08/2011 23:09

Well I know now for sure that I just do not understand the workings of my computer, just cannot understand how to see who is logging into my facebook . Where can you see the tel numbers?



Where does it show you if its coming from 0161 or any where else please.

Navek



Joined: 01/06/2008
Posts: 2656

Message Posted:
01/09/2011 03:00

Hi Hans,

Have changed setting.

Thanks'

Navek

Chicken


Joined: 29/06/2009
Posts: 190

Message Posted:
01/09/2011 09:42

Thanks for the advice, settings now changed.

flawww


Joined: 12/09/2010
Posts: 52

Message Posted:
01/09/2011 11:01

Funny... only yesterday evening my wife logged out of her FB account, and when tried to log in back, it said the account's passwd has been changed at 11:51am. She couldn't access her email account as well, the one associated with the FB account.

Even if the hacker, or who ever hacked her account, the thing i wasn't able to understand is, how was she able to continue using her FB account all the way into the evening till almost 9 pm.

Now we r stuck.