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Prevent your Facebook Account from being Hacked

In order to keep your account
secure, here's a list of to-do:

1. Strong Password: You should have a unique and complex password for your fb
account and keep this entirely to yourself. This password should be different from the ones you use elsewhere.

2. Log out: Ensure you log out when you're done, especially when using a public computer or someone else's mobile device. You should also never check the "Remember Me" box when logging in from a public computer, as this will keep you logged in even after you close your browser window.

3. Secure Email: It's necessary that the email you use for your Facebook account is a secure email since anyone who can read your email can probably access your Facebook account.

4. Log in at Facebook.com: There are phishing sites made to look like the real facebook site in order to get your login credentials. Make sure sure the address on the address bar is 'www.facebook.com'.

5. Avoid Friending everyone
A compromised account could be used to gain certain information about you which hackers could use to hack your account.

6. Use an Anti-Virus
Make sure there's an antivirus running on your system and frequently scan for rootkits and backdoor trojans which can send your Login information to hackers.

7. Beware of keyloggers:
Keyloggers are usually hidden to the user, hence difficult to detect as they are not show in the taskmanager or in the list of installed programs. However, there are program that can help you scan and remove keyloggers eg BullGuard and Anti-keylogger. You could alternately use the onscreen keyboard to enter your username and password.

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