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Saturday, July 17, 2010

Protecting your account: Orkut Help

How can I best protect my orkut profile from getting hacked?

http://www.google.com/support/orkut/bin/answer.py?hl=en&lev=answer

Orkut blog: Staying secure on orkuthttp://en.blog.orkut.com/2009/05/staying-secure-on-orkut.html

Additionally you can use these addons on IE or Firefox

1. PhishTank SiteChecker(Firefox addons):
This extension warns you when you reach a phishing page by mistake. This extension also prevents you from entering a phishing site.

Link:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3840

2. LOCATIONBAR:
#Decodes URLs for better readability
#Puts emphasis on the domain (reduces spoofing-phishing risk)

Link:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4014


3. McAfee Site Advisor:
McAfee site advisor warns and blocks your entry to phishing sites.

Link:
http://www.siteadvisor.com/download/ff.html

Internal Explorer Version:
http://www.siteadvisor.com/download/ie.html

Reporting Phishing pages to Google

How can I report a fake page to the Google team?

http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/




Google Safe Browsing

http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/safebrowsing/faq.html


What incase if I accidentally entered my information in to a fake site?

If you still had access to your account, change your password immediately and try editing your settings back to normal.

Changing Password:Google account help

http://www.google.com/support/orkut/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=19805


Click the link below to change your password

https://www.google.com/accounts/EditPasswd


Click the link below to edit your account settings

https://www.google.com/accounts/UpdateAccountRecoveryOptions



Incase you lost access to your profile then try clicking forgot password option

http://www.google.com/support/orkut/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=11576


Incase if you still are facing problem plz then try filling the form below to report your issue to the orkut team as soon as possible to avoid the misuse.

https://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/request.py?ara=1&hl=en

Stay safe.....stay beautiful :)