The locked page is now no longer surprising. Modern hackers using all the most advanced developments in the field of IT technologies, thousands of accounts are watched. The main thing is not to panic that happened to you is not a tragedy. It is important to take proper measures on time and prepare well in advance, know what it is necessary to take first.
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Why are they doing that? Sometimes to having a password, sell the page to third parties. Then hackers your password will be replaced to another. If their goal is just sending spam from your page, allegedly on your behalf, then the password will leave. Your actions - immediately replace password. If your page is stolen, you need to block access to it. Choose a password that is difficult to calculate. At least 8 characters, combine letters and numbers, enter letters in different registers. Avoid storing passwords on your computer. Read more, how to protect it more savory - in the article " How to save passwords».
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As soon as possible, accept all measures to secure your account. Check if the SMS notification is not included on the changes of your profile, then turn it on (where it is possible). To do this, you will enter your mobile number in a special field. Binding to the phone is a safer question. It will allow you to receive SMS messages about all global manipulations on your page, such as password change. You can easily restore access to it in case of password loss or re-hacking.
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During the Internet surfing, you could accidentally visit the phishing site. Phishing- A relatively new type of fraud. Malicious sites create for the purpose of theft of logins and passwords that you enter. Thus, the hacker has access to your account. Destroy all traces of stay there: Clean the story in the browser, cookie. Usually in the browsers it can be done in the "Settings" menu - "Clear history" - check "Cookies ..." files. Delete the story completely for all the time.
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Be sure to stand an antivirusman on your computer. If not, set without losing time. It is not necessary to immediately go to the store, buy expensive software. Now online a large number of free antivirus programs. They can be downloaded from official sites. Read more in the article " How to remove virus" The trial period is usually 30 days, it is enough to check and clean the computer. There are viruses that imitate the work of the user, pulling passwords. Perhaps you caught one of them. Run the full scan of all disks. Fast check may not detect the pest.
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If on the site where your page is, there is messaging, then be sure to check the "outgoing". Hackers, hacking a profile, can send friends from your behalf to send urgently money to the specified number. This is one of the possible goals of their activities. Let only one person respond, there are thousands of such newsletters per day. After all, most often this process is automated. Gullible people trying to help you, send their money to intruders.
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Try to secure all the readers of your messages. Ask friends if they received strange letters from you. Place alert on the wall that the account is hacked and the mailing is not done by you, and on your behalf. It is not always possible to catch an attacker. Experienced hackers know how to retire traces. You can't find any other people's letters in your mail, they have already done their job and removed them.
Working on the net, be alert. Many malicious sites are easy to calculate - they exactly repeat the design of the desired site, but its name in the address bar will be "curves": the letters are rearranged, part of the name. Never download unverified programs, especially carefully refer to archive files and with the extension "EXE". With the slightest suspicion, remove the downloaded file without opening, clean the cookie, start the antivirus.
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