A contact is signed in to your account. How to protect your account if suspicious activity is detected in it. Who sends this SMS and what does it mean

For a user who has been on Facebook for at least a year, has acquired contacts in VK and is used to communicating via Gmail, losing control over an account will always be a tragedy. There are many ways to protect yourself from hacking, social networks themselves, for example, persistently offer linking to a mobile phone.

The easiest way to check if someone else is using your account is in the web service's security settings themselves. Advanced users will not learn anything new, but for beginners it will be useful to remind about this method.

For "VKontakte"

In this social network, you can go to the settings (menu in the lower left corner), select, in fact, the menu item "Settings" and in it - the section "Security of your page". By clicking on the "View activity history" button, you can see data about the last "logins" under your account, and all logged in devices will be taken into account and recognized.

To end the suspicious connection, you need to click the End All Sessions button. After that, report the problem to the VKontakte administration and change the password.

For Gmail

A similar scheme is available to any email user. Gmail inbox... If you scroll the list of messages to the end, a link "Recent activities in your account" will appear at the bottom right, which will list the countries, browsers and IP addresses from which the mail was accessed, as well as the time of authorization in the service.

For Facebook

In this social network, you can go to the settings (the gear icon in the upper right corner), select, in fact, the "Settings" menu item, and in it - the security tab. The security settings will contain data about the last "logins" to your account. All logged in devices will be taken into account and recognized. Any suspicious activity can also be stopped here.

If you signed in to your Google Account on a new device, you might receive a message "Are you just signed in?" This notification will appear on all Android devices that are already signed in to this account.

If possible, try to respond to the notification as quickly as possible.

If you are not signed in to your account

Respond to the notification to protect your account immediately.

Step 1. Take urgent action to protect your account

If this information is unfamiliar to you, click No, it's not me.

What happens next?

As soon as you tell us that you have not signed in to an account, all devices will be automatically signed out of this account.
If someone tries to sign in to your account from a device you've never used, Google will ask for additional verification of their identity. It's simple and effective method protect your account from intruders. Learn more about how to verify your identity ...

Step 2. Change your password as soon as possible

Click the button Change your password in the notification. If the notification is missing, go to your Google Account page. Under Security & Login, select Password.
Follow the instructions on the screen.

If you are logged into your account

Check the information provided in the notification: when, where, and from which device you signed in.
If you are sure that you were the one who signed in, click Yes.

Why do we send a notification

This will help us protect your account if someone else finds out your password and tries to log in with your name. You can take urgent security measures even if you don't have the ability to immediately change your password.

What to do if you don't have an Android device. Notifications can also be viewed via primary or backup address Email your account.

For "VKontakte"

To end the suspicious connection, you need to click the End All Sessions button. After that, report the problem to the VKontakte administration and change the password.

For Gmail

A similar scheme is available to any user of the Gmail mailbox. If you scroll to the end of the list of messages, a link "Recent actions in your account" will appear at the bottom right, which will list the countries, browsers and IP addresses from which the mail was accessed, as well as the time of authorization in the service.

For Facebook

Hello dear readers of the blog site. Account, profile or - these are all synonyms of the same concept. If the meaning of one of them is "clear as day" to you, then, in general, it is not necessary to read this publication to the end. However, if questions still remain, then I will try to answer them.

Examples of accounts and why are they needed?

In my opinion, the clearest example account, which is available to almost all Internet users, can serve, about which I wrote at one time even a separate article. Moreover, having created a profile in at least one Google service, you will be able to use his data (login and password) to log in to all others (such as, for example, the Social Network, and others).

Accounts in Yandex and Mail.ru are just as popular in Runet. In all three of these cases, the concept of "creating an account" is closely related to getting a free mailbox (I was initially confused by this). Actually, your login in this case will be just the unique email address they received (read about that and).

But this is the specificity of only these services, the most reliable of which is undoubtedly Google, because it is practically impossible to hack his account using the mentioned protection.

Where else you can't do without creating an account? Well, right - social media. In fact, without registration, you are deprived of all the basic features (read about, and). Moreover, the profile in social networks plays, perhaps, the most significant role among all services on the Internet.

By it you are evaluated and recognized by other netizens. In addition, the interface of social networks itself is designed so that, based on the analysis of account data, it will show the materials and advertising blocks that are most interesting to you. You don't want to watch ads that are not interesting to you, do you? Therefore, fill out your profile honestly in the area of your interests and passions.

So, what is an account? In the simplest case, these are those that you came up with when registering for any service on the Internet. With them, we have already talked in some detail and, I hope, you will not repeat my mistakes, which at one time led to the loss and infection of my sites with a virus. I advise you to use my advice on organizing the storage of logins and passwords for all your accounts.

In addition to the login and password, the account can also store other information about you as a user. this service... How voluminous it will be depends mainly on you. You can complete your profile completely, or you can not do it at all. However, it should be remembered that guarantee the safety of your personal data(Name, address, bank card details), by and large, no one can (even the one who claims it).

Therefore, I advise you to be very serious about such things. See for yourself. Let's say that in your profile in social networks you are very open-minded. It is difficult to use this information directly against you, unless you have violated the laws of your country by posting prohibited materials or calling for something illegal.

However, there is such a thing as social engineering (a type of Internet fraud), which just uses inadvertently left personal data, both in accounts and directly in messages (in social networks, forums, blogs, etc.). Personally, I know an example when a person from his uncrackable wallet in WebMoney (was activated) managed to take money away, skillfully manipulating his credulity in correspondence.

How do I create and delete an account?

How to create an account? Pretty simple. As I described above - come up with a login and password (the latter sometimes gives you the service itself, but you will be free to change it later). Oh yes, it's not for nothing that at the beginning of the publication I started talking about services that distribute free mailboxes. You will not be able to create an account without e-mail in the vast majority of Internet services and sites.

Now, however, it is moving to more safe way authentication and confirmation of the right to manage your profile (number mobile phone), but Email is still needed and without it, creating an account, most likely, will not work. However, get mailbox is available for free on dozens of services, as well, which will only work for a few days.

I do not advise you to specify your main Email when creating accounts. Why? Well, it all explains why services generally need your data and mailbox in the first place. Roughly speaking - for sending messages, which ideally should prompt you to return to them, well, for notifying about events that have occurred on the service.

Therefore, I advise you to use the "left box" when creating an account, and if the service really hooks you and you stay on it, then the Email can be changed, unlike the login.

Now about how to delete your account? Everything is much more complicated here. To lure you into their networks, the owners of social networks, forums, blogs and other sites place the registration button in the most prominent place, mark a large number of fields as required and want to get as much benefit as possible from the profile you created.

They have no reason to let you go. Therefore, the ability to delete an account is very often located in a very inconspicuous place and it is not always possible to find it outright. The easiest way to get information about the procedure for deleting a profile is to contact the technical support of the service or the owner of the forum or blog. Most likely they will help you.

Well, if this process drags on, you cannot delete the account on your own, then you just have to turn off notifications from this service or set them up in spam on your mail service... In this regard, I like Gmail - it is enough to mark an email as spam once or twice and you will never see them in your Inbox again.

In general, the moral of this publication is that it is always very simple to create an account, but it is much more difficult to delete it, because in the first case you are acting in the interests of the owners, and in the second, against their policy of retaining users and involving them in the process of filling the service with content, viewing advertising and other important (from the point of view of the owners) things. In general, a trap in its purest form ...

Good luck to you! See you soon on the pages of the blog site

What is PIN-code for VKontakte?

So, let's get you up to speed. The developers have been seriously concerned about the problem of protecting the personal data of their VK users for a long time. At first, hacking the page was as easy as shelling pears, but over time, the methods of protection became more and more complex. And now in the battle of burglars against Contact there was a serious preponderance towards the latter.

After linking the account to a mobile phone number, the developers managed to significantly reduce the wave of page openings. Soon, the same developers optimized everything they had accumulated over the years - by entering the PIN code for VK. Now everyone who has a VKontakte account can set up the pin code function. Thus, the user gets, as it were, double protection of his account.

For authorization, in addition to filling in the login and password fields, you will need to enter a special code that will be sent to you via a free SMS message. Naturally, this SMS will be tied to your number. mobile operator... If you do not want to mess with SMS messages, then you can use special application for a smartphone - a code generator for VKontakte. It is also highly recommended to copy yourself a list of backup codes that you can use if you do not have a phone at hand. You should immediately reassure some "lazy" users - the PIN-code comes only at your request and only after you activate this function.

How to enable PIN confirmation of login?

In order to connect the "Login Confirmation" in the Contact, you need to go to the menu on your page "My settings". In the tab "General"- find a group of settings "Security of your page"... Opposite point Login Confirmation, you need to click on the button "To plug".

Now, when you log into your VK account, you will be prompted to “Enter the code”. Which, in fact, is what you should do.

Message: "An attempt was made to log into your account with IP"

The pin code will be valid only once. One entry - one pin. Even if "evil people" manage to get your PIN-code and login with a password from "VKontakte", they will not be able to use them. And you will receive in the form of a pop-up window the message “An attempt was made to log into your account from an IP which will contain the IP address of the computer from which they tried to illegally log into your account.

In this case, you should not panic, because The contact has already warned an attempt to hack your page. And you will be able to calculate and punish the person caught on the hot by the IP address of his computer.

"Remember browser" VKontakte or how to disable the input of the pin code

If you do not want to use the pin input function, since, for example, you are at home and log in from your PC. Then you should use the "Remember browser" function, to activate it you just need to put a tick in the pop-up window. The function will allow you to remember the place and your native browser from which you log in and you will no longer need to enter a pin code for this browser on your PC. At any time, you can reset all settings either on the current device or on all tested devices.

IMPORTANT! You cannot simply disable this function of confirming the entrance with a PIN code. When you first log in from your browser on a computer, laptop, smartphone or phone, you should enter the PIN code once and be sure to tick the "Remember browser" box. After that, you do not need to enter the pin code every time you log into VK from these devices.

If your SIM card is lost, or fails, and the PIN confirmation function is activated, you can use the recovery form via email. The introduction of two-step authorization will allow you to protect your personal data, and your account will always be protected by the "security service" of VK.

The practice of double entry has already been successfully used in many major social networks such as Twitter, Facebook, Google. Many internet banks also use a PIN verification code. And finally, VK.com has also strengthened the protection of our personal data with you.

A contact is signed in to your account. How to protect your account if suspicious activity is detected in it. Who sends this SMS and what does it mean

For "VKontakte"

For Gmail

For Facebook

If you are not signed in to your account

Step 1. Take urgent action to protect your account

What happens next?

Step 2. Change your password as soon as possible

If you are logged into your account

Why do we send a notification

For "VKontakte"

For Gmail

For Facebook

Examples of accounts and why are they needed?

How do I create and delete an account?

What is PIN-code for VKontakte?

How to enable PIN confirmation of login?

Message: "An attempt was made to log into your account with IP"

"Remember browser" VKontakte or how to disable the input of the pin code

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