lately some of my followers has been sending me links to sites or blogs EX: “Someone said this real bad thing about you in a blog….http://t.co/v8PaCsu” or “FIND OUT WHO STALKS YOUR TWITTER! THIS NEW APP ROCKS! http://t.co/HiiDXlZ” ((DON’T CLICK THEM, i’am just showing you what the messages look like when someone or somepony gets hacked by a bot.)) back to the matter at hoof.
they are not sending those messages for fun or to be mean or to spam, but they have been hacked by a Twitter bot. so far, what i know about a twitter bot is, they spam DM or direct messages to anyone’s followers and the user will have no idea what’s going on untill a friend tells them that they are sending links or spam ((DON’T BLOCK and DON’T Unfollow them and don’t get mad at them, ok they are not doing this, the bots are.))
this is a wild guess but the reason they got hacked was due to a twitter application they used to tweet from to make twitter faster or view tweets with less lag or Etc. there are new application sites for twitter on the web and be warned some sites may be safe while others sites will look safe but in fact will log into the account and hack and change the password in 8 or 6 seconds.
now there are ways to see if a twitter application site is unsafe ((there are other ways to do it i believe, but i don’t know another way to do it. you can do my way, but it may be slower and boring but safe.))
1. make a dummy account ((with a new or old email you won’t use.))
2. log on to that account and make the “dummy” account follow your main account and follow it back. ((this way you will be able to know if it was that twitter application site you was using that gave the bot virus to your account in the first place.))
3. if you use a twitter application to tweet or follow or to do everything on twitter log in to the site with the “dummy” account and then check to see if you get a link in DM from the dummy account *points hoof up to the top* if not check to see if the dummy account pass has been changed in anyway, if the dummy account pass has been changed, the site you used is no longer safe…use this on every twitter application you use the most for the web.
4. don’t use IE ((Internet Explorer)) i know this by heart. just trust me when i say IE is bad. Use FireFox or google chrome or safari or cometbird they are safer to me, in my opinion.
5. it’s best to have a good virus scanners and firewall.
Comodo Firewall and malwarebytes and etc ((i use those two the most and i trust them. malwarebytes is easy to use. however comodo is not very user-friendly meaning it could take a while to use it, i’am still tying to figure it out.))
also, if that does not help, try here. *points hoof to links*
My Account Has Been Compromised
Safety: Keeping Your Account Secure
((well, that’s all. also, post here what twitter application sites are good and safe and which are bad and fake. *sleeping* zzz….))
