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Beware, website hackers have more tricks up their sleeves
Many Facebookers and Twiterers go about their social lives oblivious of the host of hackers and spammers eager to get hold of their accounts. Photo/PHOTOS.COM
By Frankline Sunday
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Posted Thursday, August 5 2010 at 00:00
Posted Thursday, August 5 2010 at 00:00
Links that promise some new quiz, page or application should also be avoided. If it looks dubious, it probably is.
Some applications or quizzes ask to be allowed to access the user’s information.
Such apps more often than not are designed to phish sensitive information from users.
Since email accounts are a means of accessing social networking accounts, users are advised to be careful when dealing with them.
All spam should be deleted without opening to avoid the possibility of letting malware into the system.
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