
23. Safego protection for Facebook
You trust your online friends, but do you trust their computers? Use Safego protection
for Facebook to protect your account and your friends from online threats.
Safego is a Bitdefender application developed to keep your Facebook account 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. 33).
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, follow these steps:
● From the Bitdefender interface:
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.
3. Use your Facebook login information to connect to the Safego application.
4. Allow Safego access to your Facebook account.
If Safego has already been activated, you will be able to access statistics regarding
its activity by selecting Reports for Facebook in the menu.
● From MyBitdefender account:
1. Go to: https://my.bitdefender.com.
2. Log in to your account using your user name and password.
3. Click Facebook Protection.
A message informing you that Facebook protection is not activated for your
account is displayed.
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