Hacker Up on Facebook Security by McCarthy Linda

Author:McCarthy, Linda [McCarthy, Linda]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: cyberbullies, malware, clickjacking, phishing, passwords, Facebook, social, security
Publisher: One Hundred Page Press, Inc.
Published: 2016-02-27T16:00:00+00:00

Bad apps

Bad apps are deliberately malicious Facebook apps. The entire point of a bad app is to gain access to your Facebook account in order to use and abuse your personal information.

It’s important to download apps from reputable sites, but even reputable sites can serve up malicious apps, so always go a step further and read the reviews before downloading a new app. Two popular Android phishing apps that made their rounds in 2015 were Cowboy Adventure and Jump Chess. These bad apps, which collected Facebook users and IDs, were made available for download from a reputable site, the Google Play Store. Once the apps were downloaded and installed they popped up a Facebook login screen tricking users into giving up their usernames and passwords. Although Google removed the apps from the Play Store, experts report that as many as 1 million users were tricked, possibly many more. How did savvy users avoid these bad apps? Some read the reviews. Others knew that Facebook never asks you to log back in once you have logged in.

If you’re concerned about a Facebook app that you’ve already installed, you can remove it. Within Facebook mobile app, menu names and functions vary between devices. For details on any particular function, please refer to the Help section.

If you’re using a laptop or desktop computer:

•Click the down-pointing triangle at the far right of the Facebook menu bar.

•Click SETTINGS on the drop-down menu.

•Click APPS in the left pane. App settings will display in the right pane with LOGGED IN WITH FACEBOOK apps displayed at the top left.

•Mouse over the name of any app you want to remove. An X will display to the right of the app name.

•Click X to remove the app.

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