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March 5th, 2009 — 3:00am
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Facebook Hit by Five Security Problems in One Week
March 4th, 2009 — 2:37am
Facebook has been the victim of five different security problems in the past week, says Trend Micro.
According to the security firm, four hoax applications have become available on the social network along with a new variation of the Koobface virus, which was first detected at the end of last year, and directs users to a fake YouTube page where they are encouraged to install malware. - PC World
Facebook applications were never meant to be installed. If you are not sure what the application does exactly and receive an invite from an unknown person, don’t install the application to your profile! Most applications are useless, and keep in mind that anyone can create an application. That includes criminals and stalkers who have a lot more time on their hands to do terrible things like this.
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March 3rd, 2009 — 11:44pm
A new cellphone feature to see block and unknown calls - Sign up now at TrapCall.com
February 21st, 2009 — 12:03am
In addition to being stalked online, cyber stalkers can physically stalk you as well as through other channels such as cell phones and text messaging. A new feature called TrapCall, will allow for all numbers to be seen before you decide to take the call or not. You can even block numbers! This will be a great feature to look into as you try to minimize all traces of the unwanted stalking. No more harassing emails - TrapCall.com
What To Do If You Are A Victim Of Online Stalking
February 20th, 2009 — 11:03pm
Here is another great resource to help you deal with cyberstalkers:
At some time in our lives we have probably received unwanted emails or we have gotten into a brief argument with somebody online; depending on whom you are it may have happened more than once. But the problem occurs when this type of behavior continues. If you are getting unwanted email from the same person day in and day out or somebody is following you around to different chat rooms, chances are you are a victim of online stalking and harassment. Many people think that if they ignore the behavior than the person will go away; in some cases this is true, but what happens when that person doesn’t stop? What are you going to do now? - Surfnetkids.com
Change your passwords often
February 20th, 2009 — 10:53pm
One way to prevent cyberstalkers from breaking into your email or numerous social network accounts is to change your password atleast once every 3-6 months. If you are like me and can’t remember it once you’ve changed it, make sure you write down a word that will make you remember your password. Never write down your password exactly in the way that it really is. For example, if you use numbers in your password, use a verb or a noun that may represent that number to you: March - for the number 3.
Your password should also consist of both numbers and letters, as well as characters such as a $ or *
To read more about passwords, read this excellent post that goes more into detail on generating passwords to protect you from cyber crimes and fraud. Click here for another excellent resource to help you remember your passwords.
Do you have an old site that you thought you had removed? Everything on the internet can be archived.
February 20th, 2009 — 10:44pm
Recently, I ran across a website called Wayback Machine. It’s sort of like a time machine, for the Internet! Some people might think it’s the coolest thing, but what if there is information out their that is posted about you, or information that you have posted in the past and have come to realize that, that probably wasn’t a good idea. Now that there are more cyberstalkers out there, our information becomes more vulnerable. Stuff that we thought was fun and would do no harm, are now becoming cold realities. We all make mistakes, but why should we have to dwell with them forever? With the Wayback Machine, your information can be archived for years regardless if you took it down or requested someone to remove it.
If you have a website that you maintain, here is how you can prevent this organization and others like it from archiving and searching for your information on your website:
1. Create a .txt document and name it ‘robots’
robots.txt is a document that will tell ‘robots’ such as google or other search engines from searching your website automatically. It’s like turning the switch off so that there is no electricity coming through.
2. Now copy and paste this code into your robots.txt documentt
User-agent: ia_archiver
Disallow: /
The first line is to idendify that you are referring to the Wayback machine, the second will tell it to disallow any robots snooping around!
3. Upload this document to your MAIN root of your website through FTP or whatever program you use to edit your web pages.That’s it!
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