What to do if a VKontakte page is hacked?

VKontakte hacked a page, what should I do? Often you had to deal with similar complaints from your friends and acquaintances, or maybe you suspect that your account was also attacked by intruders? How to determine that a VKontakte page has been hacked and, most importantly, how to be in this situation? We will talk about all this in this article.

What are the hacking methods?

Is it possible to hack the VKontakte page? In a broad sense, you can divide all hacker attacks on pages on social networks into three groups:

• direct hacking (password selection using specialized software);
• hacking through system infection (the virus, getting to your computer, redirects you to the “left page”, which has nothing to do with the VKontakte site);
• phishing (scammers using e-mail and other sites try to find passwords from users).

How to determine if a VKontakte page has been hacked?

In addition to the fact that your account may fall into the wrong hands, you must always be prepared. Below we give six signs by which one can recognize the presence of another

faces on your page.

1. Complaints from friends about the fact that on your behalf comes a variety of spam.
2. The spontaneous appearance of new friends (or the removal of old ones), subscribers. Cheat "likes".
3. Change of personal information on your page (date of birth, place of work, hobbies, etc.), including a change in status.
4. The emergence of new groups.
5. New wall posts that have nothing to do with you.
6. The receipt of messages by e-mail about the password change (unless, of course, you yourself did not do this).

What to do if a VKontakte page is hacked?

If you find suspicious activity in your profile of a popular social network, then, first, don’t panic and pull yourself together, because nothing bad happened and you can return the account. You will have to take a number of steps to make your page yours again.

1. We change the password for access to the email to which the VKontakte profile is linked. Try to develop long passwords (consisting of at least 8 characters), content characters, letters and numbers.
2. We change the password from the VKontakte page. This is done in the "My Settings" section. In the “General” tab, we find the section “Change Password” and, adhering to the recommendations described in paragraph No. 1, we assign a new symbolic protection.
3. Make sure the page is still tied to your mobile number.
   
   phone. You can also check this in the "My Settings" section, in the "General" tab.
4. Customize the page. We delete the "left" posts, friends and subscribers who have appeared out of nowhere. The same thing remains to be done with applications that you did not install, but you still have them, and groups / communities.
5. Scan your computer with antivirus software for viruses. It is better to use several means for reliability.
6. Notify friends and acquaintances about hacking a page.

So, now you know what to do if the VKontakte page is hacked. We hope that this information is useful to you at the most crucial moment.