I can not enter "VKontakte": hacked the page, what should I do?

What are some ways to crack a VKontakte page?

There are several basic ways that fraudsters use to hack pages:

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   Rough Hacking Is a method of hacking, implying a selectionpassword to someone else's page. Of course, no one does this manually, because there are specially designed programs that sort through various combinations that can be used as a password. The only reliable way to protect against such hacking - is a long and complex password consisting of unusual combinations of letters and numbers. As a rule, if in a few hours the program could not find the password, it will no longer be bothered with it. So do not be lazy to pick a password length of at least ten characters and make sure that there was no names, dates, proper names and other easily gleaned combinations. And then you do not have to complain that you have hacked VKontakte.


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   Phishing - a method of breaking, aimed at ensuring thatfind out your password through fictitious sites and e-mail. The first thing that hackers do is acquire a domain name that looks similar to vk.com. Changing one letter in the address, scammers play on the inattention of most users. Not everyone will immediately understand that it is not at all in the social network, but on a phishing site, because the page created by hackers will not differ from the authorization page in the contact. Then scammers arrange a mailing list on the database of electronic addresses. The user receives a message stating that he ostensibly left a message to another person, and to read it you need to go to the link.
   

   
   Once on the front-end site, the user enterstheir login and password, but in the end receives a message stating that the entered data is incorrect. This is repeated several times, until he notices that the address of the site in the browser line is written with an error. But it's too late: the scammer got all the necessary data for the theft of the page.

   
   

   
   In addition, on questionable sites sometimespop-up advertising windows, which are one-to-one similar to the message windows VKontakte. Clicking on it, you will also go to the phishing site and, if you are inattentive, will almost freely give scammers their login and password from the page.

   
   


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   "Fake" - the most common for thisthe moment of hacking VK pages. For example, you will receive an e-mail message stating that someone on the friends list has left a record on the wall. You are invited to click on the link to view this message. When you use this link, you can confidently assume that your page in the social network has already been hacked. This link will take you to a site that does not have any relation to VKontakte. After a while you will receive a message stating that your page was blocked for sending out spam to other users.

It should be noted that such a method of hacking is possibleOnly if your computer is infected with a trojan. This virus program replaces the hosts file. It is because of this that you get to the front page. And to pick up the Trojan on the Internet - it's not so difficult. In this case, your attentiveness will not help you, since the website address is displayed correctly, but the IP-address is already leading to a fake page.

Why the scammers of the page in contact?

Stolen in the ways listed aboveusually used to send spam and cheat likes, friends and subscribers in different groups. Sometimes scammers send out a list of friends with whom the "victim" has saved dialogs, messages with phishing links or even with requests to transfer a certain amount of money to an electronic wallet or mobile phone. Unfortunately, in most cases, some of the friends as a result also become victims of deception, and lose their pages and sometimes even cash. Understanding this will make you think again about improving the security of your page.

What should I do if I have been hacked into a VKontakte page?

So, you did not take care of creating a goodpassword, or picked up on questionable Trojan sites, and you hacked the page in contact. What to do in this situation? It is recommended that you do the following:

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  Install the antivirus or update the existing antivirus software to the latest version.


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  Run the system scan for Trojans. To do this, you can also use special versions of antivirus programs programmed to search for trojans.


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  Check the hosts file (this is a system file,located here: C: \ WINDOWSsystem32driversetc). You can open it with a regular notepad. The file must contain one line: localhost 127.0.0.1. If you see any other entries in it, delete them immediately and save the file. It is through the modification of this file that scammers distributing trojan files can substitute IP addresses and entice users of the social network with their personal data.


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  Huge probability of being hacked not onlyyour page, but also your email. Therefore, you should always change the password from both the page and the email. If you lose access to e-mail, try to restore it using a fallback address or a tied phone number.


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  Clear the cache of the browser you are using completely.


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  Check your email settings. If you see that the automatic mail forwarding feature is active in the settings (and you did not include it yourself), then disable it.

Now you know what to do if hackedIn contact with. Recover your page easily enough by the phone number, which is attached to it. Moreover, in the presence of suspicious actions from your page, the administration can freeze it yourself until you enter the code from the message sent to you.

If you no longer have access to the numberphone or do not remember to which page your page is tied, fill out a special form to contact support. In it, you must specify the reason for the loss of access to the page, its identifier and your passport data. Moreover, you will need a scanned copy or photo ID and your photo with this ID on the background of the questionnaire you are filling out. This procedure is not very pleasant, but necessary for the installation of your personality.

By the way, to restore access to the page, onwhich you specified a fictitious first and last name (or not at all like a pseudonym) will be much more difficult, since the administration of this social network does everything to reduce the number of fake pages to a minimum. Not the fact that they will meet you, even if you send photos of your passport, but it's worth a try. Perhaps you will be asked for additional evidence that the page belongs to you, and when you restore it, you will forcefully change the name and surname on your present to it.

Do not expect that you will be restored access topage immediately after contacting customer support. The fact is that hacking and theft of pages are very common, despite the fact that now without a phone binding VKontakte does not register. Each questionnaire is individually reviewed by the administration, and sometimes you have to wait a few days or even weeks until your page is returned to you.

In order not to worry about what to do ifhacked the contact, take care of the security of your page. Set a good quality password, tie the page to your current phone number and install a good antivirus on your computer to protect against Trojans.