Social media is very popular in the internet.
It was favorites to most teenagers to make friends, to communicate and make
known in the social circle. They are very popular in winning thousand members
in their fold.
They participated in discussion, make
comments, upload and download pictures of interest. They can even upload videos
of any kind as long as it can win interest from others.
Many youngsters are addicted to it giving
many hours in front of the computer spending money for internet load for the
purpose of socializing himself.
Not all social media are honest to their
intention. This owner of the site has one purpose to get your personal
information for their advantage.
It allows him access to harvest any
information of value in your computer he can use against you. Social media is
only a front for information gathering. Fooling people give him the excitement.
The risky part is that all your personal information is already in his table.
The curiosity of the victim to click the link
makes it possible for scam artist to fool him. Sometimes a catchy phrase and
other interesting features like fantastic computer applications to download to
his computer lead him to be fooled, the trick that often gets favorable result.
Be cautious dealing with suspicious social
media sites before joining them.
For your protection do the following:
-Think twice before making any download
especially a site not known to many.
-Give enough protection to your computer.
There are many paid protections against viruses, spyware or malware you can
depend on to block any malicious application.
-Take caution of any offered computer
application especially if you have doubts. Control your fingers to click to any
programs you don’t know.
-Don’t be too happy to click a link. Most
malicious programs originate from clicking a link.
-Never divulge your log-in information or
password to anyone if they asked.
-Don’t immediately act to a friend request to
make friends. How strong is your belief to trust him? How long did you know
him?
-Make your page private where your true known
friends can only view whatever the contents of your page.
-Don’t entertain any messages in your social
media page asking financial assistance from someone you don’t know.
-It is better if you will not divulge
completely your personal information details. You can use another pen name hard
for them to recognize your true identity. It is not of your advantage if they
will use your name making something illegal in your behalf. Beware publishing
your picture in the social media site they might use against you.
