{"id":4992,"date":"2015-06-23T00:53:03","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T04:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.in\/blog\/?p=4992"},"modified":"2019-11-22T15:38:56","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T10:08:56","slug":"kaspersky-lab-is-ready-to-protect-your-facebook-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.in\/blog\/kaspersky-lab-is-ready-to-protect-your-facebook-account\/4992\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaspersky Lab is ready to protect your Facebook account!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div>\n<p>Why would cyber-criminals want to control your Facebook account? At the very least, they could \u201clike\u201d weird things and promote questionable goods and services on your behalf. However, Facebook is well aware of this common criminal scheme and collaborates with us to protect innocent users from account infection.<\/p>\n<p>To protect its users from cybercrime, Facebook recommends a free anti-malware scan to owners of accounts that Facebook\u2019s team has detected as behaving suspiciously and appear to be infected.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Facebook itself is never the source of malicious software. But one can get infected in many ways. For instance, Facebook is a major target for phishers: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/1-in-5-phishing-attacks-targets-facebook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">1 in 5 phishing scams target Facebook notifications<\/a>. For this reason, one should be vigilant when receiving\u00a0e-mails from this network\u2013they might be fake. Additionally, there are lots of Trojans targeting Facebook users as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fake Facebook account suspension emails currently making rounds in users' inboxes are leading to trojans, ransomware <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/YI8yym1u7R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">http:\/\/t.co\/YI8yym1u7R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kaspersky (@kaspersky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kaspersky\/status\/562703446579892227?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">February 3, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br>\nIf the Facebook team has detected suspicious behavior from your account\u00a0and it looks as though it might be\u00a0infected, the social network will suggest you scan your\u00a0device for security issues. Upon logging in, you will see a warning page like this, offering the security scan.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2015\/06\/05090853\/fb02-1024x768.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9154\" src=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2015\/06\/05090853\/fb02-1024x768.png\" alt=\"Kaspersky Malware Scan for Facebook\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the programs, which helps to fix Facebook users\u2019 accounts, is our Kaspersky Malware Scan for Facebook. In the last 3 months alone we\u2019ve protected over 260,000 Facebook users. A quick download will generate a scan window like this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2015\/06\/05090852\/fb07-1024x768.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9156\" src=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2015\/06\/05090852\/fb07-1024x768.png\" alt=\"Kaspersky Malware Scan for Facebook\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We advise users to be patient and wait for the scan to complete. Any security issues, along with the suggested steps to resolve them, will be displayed upon scan completion.<\/p>\n<p>But forewarned is forearmed. If you happen to see some \u2018likes\u2019 that you never clicked or statuses that you never posted, or just suspect that your PC or smartphone might be infected with malware, you can scan your device with a good security solution before\u00a0the threat of\u00a0a Facebook account suspension. There is a wide range of free Kaspersky Lab products on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.free.kaspersky.com\/advert\/?redef=1&amp;THRU&amp;reseller=kss_blog_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">free.kaspersky.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-pullquote\"><p>Kaspersky Lab is ready to protect your #Facebook account! #security #malware<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-twhite\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fkas.pr%2Fg6qD&amp;text=Kaspersky+Lab+is+ready+to+protect+your+%23Facebook+account%21+%23security+%23malware\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tweet<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And be sure to have a look at our collection of tips on how to fortify your Facebook account with proper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/facebook-privacy-settings-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">privacy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/facebook-security-settings-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">security<\/a> settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why would cyber-criminals want to control your Facebook account? At the very least, they could \u201clike\u201d weird things and promote questionable goods and services on your behalf. 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