So you can protect yourself in front of the Phishing on Twitter
If one of your Twitter Followers writes in a direct message to you suddenly, in English, and a Link sends, then it is likely to be Phishing. The URL leads to a fake Login page. There you may enter your credentials, since they fall otherwise into the hands of the scammers.
- Ask the sender of the suspicious message, whether this was intentionally sent to you. Often the sender does not know that you Phishing-sending messages, since the scammers have hijacked their Twitter Accounts to do this.
- Report only the official Twitter Website and enter your account data anywhere else or to others.
- You install a virus protection with anti-Phishing Filter. What virus protection is, you will learn in the next paragraph.
Phishing via Twitter message
Virus protection increases the protection against Phishing Websites
A virus protection Software with anti-Phishing Filter collects hazardous sites in a database. Click on a Phishing Link, the virus protection you with a warning to the suspicious site and blocked the access. Three anti-virus programs, which protect you from Phishing sites, we present to you:
- The "Spyware Terminator 2012" is free and has in addition to the Phishing Filter, a real-time protection to offer. Thanks to automatic Updates the anti-virus Software remains up to date, is annoying however, with a paid-for Premium Offerings.
- Ad-free and still unlimited for free is the "BitDefender Antivirus Free edition". Thus, the built-in HTTP Scanner remains on Updates up to date and reliable against Phishing sites and warns, you simply have to register with your E-Mail address.
- "G Data Internet security 2014" has been designed specifically for the security in the Internet developed. You can convince yourself for 30 days free of charge from the built-in Anti-Phishing Tool. After that, you have to buy the program. Even more extensive is the Version of "G Data total protection 2014", which is also "G Data Internet security 2014" includes.
Phishing warning in Chrome
For more information and tips on Phishing, see our practical tip "rip-off Emails – so you protect yourself against Phishing".
