How Can We Have Secure Facebooking...

Well In Today’s World Facebook Has Literary Become Part Of Our Daily Chores … We Make All Our Important Things Secure So We Should Also Make Sure That This Part Of Our Life Should Be Safe & Secure….

So Lets Make Facebooking Secure

We Start By First Selecting Proper Browser

Generally Most Common Browsers Are Internet Explorer But Most Of The Users Forget Internet Explorer Is An Buildin Browser Hence Being An Most Common & Buildin Browser It Should Be Secured Most & Used Very Rarely Or Only During Visiting Banking Sites Or Government Sites As Most Of The Highly Secured Sites Support  Only Internet Explorer & Hence Internet Explorer Has To Be Secured The Most.

So What Secondary Browsers Should We Use

Mozilla Firefox Is Most Secure But It Has A Tough Competition From Google Chrome As Both Ase Freeware You Can Easily, So Download Them And Install Them….

Having Multiple Browsers Help In Today's Scenario As Most Viruses & Worms That Are Programmed Today Attack Browsers First & Then The System.....

First We Will Go With Mozilla Firefox Settings:

Go To Tools -> Options ->

In Content Tab Make Sure Block Pop-Up Windows Has A Tick.....

Tick To Select -> Tell Websites I Do Not Want To Be Tracked...

Tick To Select -> Warn Me When Websites Try To Install Add -Ons...

Tick To Select -> Block Reported Attack Sites...

Tick To Select -> Block Reported Web Forgeries...



In Google Chrome 


Go To Settings -> Under The Hood ->

Make Sure Sure There Is A Tick On Enable Phishing & Malware Protection.....

Do's & Dont's For Browsers 


-> Never Install Unknown Add Ons Like Smileys & All They Are All Spams & Virus Carriers & Most Significantly Trojan Carriers....

-> Never Install Free Toolbars They Make Your Browsers Heavy & Slow Browsing Because With Such Browsers Many Trojans Are Attached Which Gives Away Your Personal Information To Unwanted People ...

->  Have Good Antivirus Which Has Good Anti Malware, Anti Spamware, Anti Phishing, Good Firewall & And Above All Good Overall Protection Like Kaspersky Internet Security....


So Now When We Are Well Protected Operating System, Good Net Protection & Safe Browsers Lets Start With Securing Facebook....


Go To Account Settings -> 


Security Settings -> Enable Secure Browsing,


Go To Mobile ->  Register Your Mobile But Donot Share Your Mobile Number On FB,


Turn On Notifications & Remove All Tick Marks To Avoid Harassing Messages From FB,


Go Back To Security -> Login Notifications & Enable It,


Go To Apps -> Delete All Unwanted & Unrecognised Apps 




If You Are Fed Up Of Those Games & Apps Request Just Follow The Instructions:


Go To -> Privacy Settings -> 


Blocked People And Apps-> Click Manage Blocking 


In Manage Blocking ->



If Someone Is Sending Continuously Sending App Invites 


Add His Name Block Invites From.


If Someone Is Sending Continuously Sending Event Invites 


Add His Name Block Event From.



If More Than One Person Is Sending Continuously A Specific App Request Just Block The App 


Add App Name To  Block Apps.


And Enjoy App Free Facebooking ......



To Stop Facebook From Using Your Photos In Ads That Appear On Your Profile Of Your Contacts:


Home -> Privacy Settings -> Ads,Apps And Websites -> Edit Settings ->  Third Party Ad Settings -> Then Choose "No One"  The List & Save The Changes






IMP Notes:


Donot Click On Unknown Applications On Facebook.


Register All Your Known Devices With Facebook.


Change Passwords Once A Month.






Enjoy Your Safe Facebooking & If You Have Any Issues Contact Me ..... 


- ProX
pranetkoli@thegrass.in