Prevent Hacker Safe Tips nosy Steal Your Twitter Account

Daily increasing stolen Twitter account and send spam to a follower of the owner of the account.

Generally the message that is sent contains a malicious link that aims to steal the victim's identity.

Here are tips on how to avoid your Twitter account stolen. Please forward this article or tweet to prevent more casualties due to actions hackers or spammers. The perpetrators use a trick that is generally classified into two types.

Links from people we 'know'
A Twitter account that has been taken over by sending a message like:
- Huh, this really you? http://URL
- Wow, look at this http://URL
- What is your IQ? http://URL

Or many other variations. The similarity of these tweets, they are not targeted specifically at you. It is an important clue because generally, the original message will not be so short and usually contains more information or comment from the person who sent it to you.

URL used is also odd, is not Bit.ly or Tiny.url used by 99.999 percent of Twitter users. It is also another indication that the message is not really a message from people you know.

It seems like Twitter, which was not
The second way, is a pretty convincing trick involving the URLs are added to the tweet. When you click the link that you think will lead you to a particular video, or would invite you to do an IQ test, you may be directed to Twitter.com duplicate.

Fraudster has made application of Twitter that their sites put on their servers. So when you login to the site 'Twitter' with a user name and password, they will save the data only then they direct you to the actual site Twitter.

You may be confused, where the 'IQ test', which promised the link and wondered if maybe you are one click and miss it. Actually, no. But now you have become part of the problem, and soon, your followers on Twitter will begin to receive the 'message' similar from you and so on repeatedly. So, do not click that link.

Do not click the link that is not clear
Well, once you know where the origins of 'message' comes, you can prevent that happening in a way that is easy. That is not clicking the relevant link. If you receive a direct message with a link in it, should send a direct message back to the person to ascertain whether he really is sending the link.

This should be done, especially if you do not expect to get a message containing a link from people who rarely make contact with you in some time.

Keep in mind, the attack of this model can only succeed if users continue to click on the link provided and enter detailed information into a fake Twitter site. You can help your followers not to become victims of similar attacks by means careful not to click the link sent to you.

If you've already clicked the link and enter your user name and password at a fake Twitter site, you should change your password or ask Twitter to reset your password.