Protect yourself rom hackers

Mon May 24, 2010 10:25 pm » by **Mep630**

most hacking attacks these days are from .pdf files right now. Update all adobe software, like adobe reader and adobe flash player.

if your using internet explorer (IE), DONT! go get firefox, it is free and much safer/better then IE. IE is full of hack holes...
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/ (free download)

Facebook is a lot of hack attacks also - here are some good FB security tips ->

Staying in Control of Your Facebook Logins (new notifications on your account logins)
http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=389991097130

Five Ways to Keep Online Criminals at Bay
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/20/techn ... asics.html

Facebook Security
http://www.facebook.com/#!/security

ALSO - NEVER OPEN EMAILS YOU DONT KNOW WHO THEY ARE FROM! THIS INCLUDES SPAM!!! DONT EVER OPEN THESE!!!

Also never click on weird links, videos or anything else you find strage that someone would send to you. If your real curious, check with the sender and make sure they sent it to you first. If it seems out of place, dont trust it.

Dont ever download anything from sources your not 100% on, get free virus software if you dont have any. http://www.downloads.com

feel free to add any advice here on i-net security....

Mon May 24, 2010 10:42 pm » by **Tinman4higher**

My advice...never click a link from Mep...

Mon May 24, 2010 11:09 pm » by **Lucidlemondrop**

On that note:

In an open letter published Monday in the Washington Post (whose chairman, Donald E. Graham, just so happens to sit on Facebook's board of directors), Zuckerberg wrote that Facebook has been "growing quickly" and admitted that "sometimes we move too fast."

"Many of you thought our controls were too complex," Zuckerberg's letter reads. "Our intention was to give you lots of granular controls" — uh, you can say that again — "but that may not have been what many of you wanted. We just missed the mark."

Zuckerberg promised, in "coming weeks," privacy controls that will be "much simpler to use" — including an "easy way to turn off all third-party services" that can access your account.

Facebook confesses!

But Zuckerberg wasn't just announcing new privacy features in Monday's open letter; he was also clearly trying to bridge a growing trust gap between Facebook and its increasingly suspicious users, especially in light of reports last week that Facebook (among other social networks) had been passing along user name and IDs to advertisers (including Google's DoubleClick and Yahoo!'s own Right Media) without users' consent. Those privacy loopholes have since been plugged, say Facebook, MySpace and other social networks.

But Zuckerberg is also being dogged by an embarrassing IM thread from when he was a 19-year-old Harvard student, bragging that he'd gathered personal information from thousands of users for the nascent TheFacebook.com. "People just submitted it," Zuckerberg messaged, "I don't know why. They 'trust me.' Dumb [expletive]." (This comes via Silicon Alley Insider.)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/2010 ... adg_tc2204

Tue May 25, 2010 12:50 am » by **Mep630**

tinman4higher wrote:My advice...never click a link from Mep...

huh? I am no hacker... They are all normal websites dude... get a grip...

Tue May 25, 2010 12:53 am » by **Lucidlemondrop**

Mep

did you leave the F off of from on porpoise?

Tue May 25, 2010 12:57 am » by **Ktm640**

yes, it seems too obvious to not catch such a boo boo. Something else is a-foot here. Perhaps intel of some kind.

Tue May 25, 2010 1:10 am » by **Lucidlemondrop**

Haha!

I use firefox and my clicks are bypassed.

My thoughts are compromised~

LOL

That new living language I guess.

Tue May 25, 2010 1:30 am » by **dialated**

http://www.hushmail.com/ i found this email service.havent tried it yet but planning to use it.....Hushmail is the most secure web-based free email service in the world. Since 1999, millions of people and thousands of businesses have trusted Hushmail to safeguard their secrets.Hushmail looks and feels just like any other web-mail site, but adds strong encryption to your emails to protect your secrets from prying eyes.

Tue May 25, 2010 1:49 am » by **Pindz**

mep630 wrote:
tinman4higher wrote:My advice...never click a link from Mep...
huh? I am no hacker... They are all normal websites dude... get a grip...

true .. you can trust his sites 8-)

i tried that one with games, dont remember that name , whats the name of your site with games Mepster?

Tue May 25, 2010 1:51 am » by **Mep630**

lucidlemondrop wrote:Mep

did you leave the F off of from on porpoise?

no I type fast and tend to get ahead of myself, I make a lot of typos...

feel free to fix it...