Phishing

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Ați auzit vreodată de cineva care a pierdut xats lor,sau au contul lor preluat?Este, probabil, sa fi fost "phished".

Ce este phishing?

Phishing is a trick used by criminals to steal your email & password. It is not a "security flaw", and you're not getting "hacked." It's entirely preventable by you, if you know what to look for. You've probably been warned by your online bank about phishing websites, but most people don't think or worry about phishing when using their xat account. On xat, the phishers are trying to steal your xats, your days, your powers, your identity and your email account.

Cum funcționează escrocheria?

It starts with the person trying to phish you by making a webpage that looks just like the login page of the website you're trying to use. Then the phisher comes up with a creative way to get you to click on the link to that page, maybe saying you'll get free xats, days or powers. When you see the link and click it, you are presented with the fake login page created by the phisher. If you enter your info, you've been "phished" - you've fallen for the trick, and they've captured your username and password. The phisher will then login to your account and steal your xats, your days, your powers, your identity or your email account.

IMPORTANT: If a page asks for your email password, IT IS A PHISHING PAGE. xat will NEVER ask for your email password.

Some sites may ask you to sign up for their forum or other features. If you use the same password as you have for your email account or xat account then they could use it to phish you. You should NEVER use the same password on your email account or xat account as you use for your login to ANY other site.

Scammers may ask you to give them a .sol file from your computer or have you download a sol editor and tell them the numbers, maybe by promising you will be owner of a chat or be unbannable. These numbers are your passcodes and should be kept secret. A scammer with these numbers could phish you. You should NEVER give secret files or passcodes to anyone else.

Cum pot să mă protejez?

To make sure you don't get phished, you have to understand exactly how it works. When you click on a link in a chat box it may show the image below as a header to warn you not to enter your xat password on this new website.

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Please do not always rely on this warning showing, as the linkvalidator system is not perfect. We place every effort into making the system as effective as it can be.

Asiguraţi-vă că introduceţi numele de utilizator şi parola doar pe xat.com

Există doar o singură soluţie e a ştii dacă sunteţi pe pagina reală de logare. Aceasta este uitându-vă la adresa de căutare a browser-ului dumneavoastră, locul unde vedeţi sau scrieţi URL-ul website-ului pe care doriţi să îl vizitaţi. Uitându-vă acolo, veţi ştii pe ce website vă aflaţi la momentul respectiv. Pentru xat, singura pagină pe care ar trebui să vă logaţi este "xat.com" sau "m.xat.com". Poate credeţi că ştiţi cum arată pagina de logare xat şi că nimeni nu v-ar putea păcăli să vă scrieţi informaţiile pe o pagină falsă, dar este foarte uşor să fiţi păcălit. Este de asemenea foarte uşor pentru oricine să facă o copie identică a paginii de logare xat sau a paginii de logare a altor website-uri pe care dumneavoastră le folosiţi.

Your email password is only to log in to your email

xat will never ask you for your email password. Only use your email password to log in to your email. If a login page asks you for your email password it is not a xat page, it is a phishing page.

Turn on account locking

Account locking will increase the security of your account. See AccountLocking for details. Note that this is not a substitute being cautious to avoiding being phished (see above).

Use different passwords for different accounts

You should NEVER use the same password on your email account or xat account as you use for your login to ANY other site. If someone managed to phish your password on their site, they would have control of your email as well. Often this means they can access all your accounts on every site you use and it's more difficult to regain control of them again. If your email password is used on other sites, including xat.com, you should change it right away. If your email account has been phished you should contact your email provider for assistance.

Utilizaţi parole complexe

Pentru a crea o parolă complexă care nu poate fi ghicită cu uşurinţă, combinaţi litere şi numere într-o parolă lungă de cel puţin 8 caractere, deşi 14 caractere este ideal. Evitaţi să va folosiţi numele, numele de utilizator, ziua de naştere, caractere repetate şi cuvinte uzuale în parola dumneavoastră.

Giving personal information

Don't share your password with anybody else, regardless of how much you trust them. They could take over your account, or they could fall for a phishing scam using your account information. Also, do not give your register link to someone else (link looks like http://xat.com/web_gear/chat/register.php?UserId=123456&k2=123456). Do not share anything odd with another user including cookies or web page source. If a user asks you for data from your PC they are almost certainly trying to steal your account.

Schimbaţi-va parola în mod regulat

Este recomandat să va schimbaţi parola în mod regulat, cel puţin o dată pe lună.

Ce pot să fac dacă am fost înşelat (phished)?

If you think your account has been phished, immediately change your password for your xat account, and your password for your email account. Use the forgotten password feature on xat if you can't login. Changing your passwords will keep out the phisher. For other problems please contact us by ticket at http://xat.com/ticket with "xat I may have been phished" as the subject of the message.


Logging into other users' accounts

Under no circumstances should you ever log in to someone else's account. This is a direct violation of xat.com's terms of service and discovery of this may lead to your own accounts being deleted. If another user needs help they should open a ticket.

Cum pot să raportez site-urile suspecte de phishing?

Go to http://xat.com/ticket and report the site to the "Report Phishing Site" department and xat will take appropriate action.

Think you're a pro on avoiding being phished?

If you think that you're now educated on phishing, why not prove it? To test your knowledge, take the xat Phishing Quiz now.