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22. Safego protection for social networks
You trust your online friends, but do you trust their computers? Use Safego protection
for social networks to protect your account and your friends from online threats.
Safego is a Bitdefender application developed to keep your Facebook and Twitter
accounts safe. Its role is to scan the links you receive from your friends and monitor
your account privacy settings.
Note
A MyBitdefender account is required in order to use this feature.
For more information, please refer to MyBitdefender account (p. 32).
Safego protection for Facebook
These are the main features available for your Facebook account:
automatically scans the posts in your News Feed for malicious links.
protects your account against online threats.
When it detects a post or a comment which is a spam, a phishing or a malware,
you will receive a warning message.
warns your friends on suspicious links posted on their News Feed.
helps you build a safe network of friends using the Friend’O’Meter feature.
get a system safety status check provided by Bitdefender QuickScan.
To access Safego for Facebook from your Bitdefender product, follow these steps:
1. Open the Bitdefender window.
2. On the Safego panel, click Manage and select Activate for Facebook from
the drop-down menu. You will be directed to your account.
If you already activated Safego for Facebook, you will be able to access statistics
regarding its activity by clicking the View Reports for Facebook button.
3. Use your Facebook login information to connect to the Safego application.
4. Allow Safego access to your Facebook account.
Safego protection for Twitter
These are the main features available for your Twitter account:
permanently scans your account in the background.
when a threat is detected, you are notified through a direct message so that you
can take the necessary actions to neutralize it.
Safego protection for social networks
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