Earlier this year, the Better Business Bureau issued a
warning about taking online quizzes. You may find the quizzes through Facebook
or another social media site.
While the quizzes might seem innocent, they can give a
hacker an opportunity to get your personal information or even the personal
information of your family and friends.
Like clicking on a link or attachment in a phishing email,
clicking on a quiz can download malware onto your computer.
Also, be wary if the quiz asks you to sign into a social
site, give your email address or send a link to the quiz to your friends. Doing
so can help hackers harvest your ID and passwords, email address and your
friends email addresses to use in collecting personal information. The hackers
could also, posing as you, send emails to your friends to spread their malware.
The BBB recommends:
·
Before taking any online quiz, find out who
created it. Ask yourself, is it a well-known brand that you trust?
·
Adjust your social media’s privacy settings so
that they do not share information with anyone (or as close to that is
allowed).
·
Remove personal details from your profile. Do
not share your phone number or your home address.
·
Do not accept friend requests from people you do
not know.
Better Business Bureau:
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