Protect Your Orkut Account From Viruses And Spams, and Spywares

All we know orkut.com is a open nature social networking site, and due to this open nature orkut users’ accounts can become compromised through phishing schemes, viruses, and spyware. Now if user wants to protect there accounts from all such attacts then he/she should take care of certain important points while surfing on orkut. Set all below 5 Points into yours minds before Surfing Orkut because this will help you in protecting yours orkut profiles

1. Don’t share: Keep your username, password and personal information secret and change your password regularly.
2. Don’t script: Never paste a URL or script into your browser while logged into orkut.com, no matter what it claims to do. Don’t click on links in emails that claim to be from orkut or Gmail. Scan your computer regularly for viruses, spyware, and adware.
3. Don’t spread: Never enter your Google Account login and password on sites other than orkut.com and other Google properties. Never check remember me when you’re using a shared computer.
4. Avoid posting sensitive personal data, such as email addresses or pictures, in public places.
5. Don’t forget to click the Logout link at the top of the page when you’re done using orkut.

You can also protect yours orkut orkut by using orkut privacy feature, by restricting or blocking your album, scrapbook, videos, testimonials, and feeds.If you are surfing orkut from public computers then i will recomment you to read this post
Always remember never to share your password with anyone, including sites that claim to send friendly scraps to your orkut.com friends. If you’ve shared your password with anyone, orkut highly recommend you change it as soon as possible.
If someone is using your account without your permission, please report a hijacked account.

Please be assured that orkut.com does not use your email address for any purpose other than sending out orkut invitations and notices. We find spam annoying and are committed to keeping your email address safe.
Additionally, we’ll never send you spam emails

asking you to download anything or to send us personal information, such as your password or bank account information. orkut.com is a free service, and it will remain safe with your help.