How To Play Safe On Orkut - Beware Of The Malicious Scraps On Orkut

Nowadays Orkut Accounts are being Compromised due to some increased uses of javascripts which unknowingly puts your account in the false category of spammers. The Situation is So bad that many evil community owners use it to increase their community members.... See the screenshot below, I am sure you have received this scrap more than your friends actually scraps you.


This scrap promises you to Unlock scrapbooks, albums , increase fans. You ultimately fall into the Trap and visit the Link. Here you see an instruction manual telling you to run a java script.
You run the Script thinking it will work .. and then you saw nothing happened.

But a lot happened .. after running that script.. you had Scrapped the first 50 of your friends the same scrap like the screenshot above, and also joined some 10-15 communities automatically without your knowledge.

The sad situation is that almost every evil-intelligent community owners are using this in the greed for more members... A friend had tried this once and was surprised with the results. The members increased from 6000 to 22000 in just one day... Seeing this He immediately stopped the Usage. But the others didn't . Thus more & more people are being compromised.

Advice : Never Run a Javascript no matter who tells You to .. for your own good.

How these scripts Work : When you run this Script -

• You join 10-15 communities using Java Commands. So you wont be able to See the joining.
• You will scrap automatically 50 of your friends. The same as you Got .
• You might even submit you ID & Password to the Script maker through Internet Cookies .

Stay Safe ...[source]

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